"I . . .." How many times had Adam blamed him because his temper had taken off? Too many. And yeah, when they'd first started arguing all the time, he had been a bitch about it and would make things worse by retaliating, but when he'd grown to fear the repercussions, when he'd quit fighting and tried so hard to be good . . . was it really the same?

"Love you, Wo-Wo," Sly said, planting a kiss on his cheek. "Do you wanna look after Annie for me while I go save the gingerbread men? I don't want them all to not have a head."

Sly still called his...