He used the pet name.

It sounded hollow and pathetic in the open air.

I looked at the man who had controlled my life for as long as I could remember.

I thought about the engine dying in my old car just two days earlier because I couldn’t afford basic repairs.

I had the power to crush him completely.

I could testify at his trial.

I could watch a judge strip away every piece of property he owned and lock him in a cell.