"It's going to be fine," she promises with a kiss.

She doesn't know for certain that Martin won't twist the knife once he has a chance to be in the same room with his son, but she does know for certain that she will kick his ass if Malcolm so much as flinches.

"We'll swing by for a few minutes and get it over with, then we can come back here and I'll spend the rest of the day reminding you whose girl I am."