I'm always gonna protect you. And I'm always gonna protect that little girl. There's no way in hell I'll let that woman get her hands on her."
"Rafael," I said.
"Yeah?"
"You are the most wonderful person I've ever known."
It took him a moment to answer me--and when he did, I though he sounded bashful.
"I'd better be," he said. "Because, you know. That's what you deserve.
