Step in

"Now wait a moment." Sam says, uncertain where the new courage is coming from.

Mike rounds on him instantly. "What the fuck did you say?" The glare in Mike's eyes burning intensely. "I am disciplining my wife, after you kept her out all night. Is there something else you want to say?"

Sam suddenly freezes, unsure what to say, but he suddenly feels Emma's hand on his arm. "Sam, please."

That was the wrong thing to do. Mike turns his attention to Emma's hand on Sam's arm and if possible his rage grows stronger. "What the fuck is this?"

Emma instantly withdraws her hand and takes a step back against the door, fear in her eyes. "Nothing, just..... telling him to leave you alone."

Again Mike's hand comes up, and Sam finds himself between it and Emma, also frozen and uncertain what to do.