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Harmony

TWO YEARS LATER

Looking out the , I fought to keep ry with Trey I kneasn’t his fault he had to go to another businessfor his father’s h school while he still tried to go to school full-ti classes at the University of Massachusetts to becoed, considering neither of us had college degrees yet and we had an alhteen-month-old baby

Glancing into the backseat, I sht ahead, I closed

“We’re going to find you, Daddy!” I’d said as I took TJ’s hand as we searched for Trey Laughing, TJ yelled out, “Daddy! We co!”

“Oh no!” Trey called out

Dropping to the floor in front of TJ, I covered my mouth and then whispered, “TJ! I heard Daddy Did you hear Daddy?”

Slowly nodding, his little blue eyes gazed back at o sneak up on him and yell boo?”

Laughing, TJ wrapped his arms around my neck “Yes, Mommy! Boo!”

Picking hi, I held hi rooer to my lips, I pointed behind the sofa TJ jumped on the cushion and quickly looked behind the sofa and yelled out, “Boo, Daddy!”

Trey fleith his hands on his heart as he fell back and said, “You scared me!”

Laughing, TJ reached his ar for him, Trey scooped up TJ and smiled at me “It’s Mommy’s turn to hide”

Pointing at me, TJ smiled and then buried his face in Trey’s chest while Trey counted

S at me, Trey seemed happy for the first time in weeks

Turning now to Trey, I took in a deep breath and slowly blew it out “I’ry I know you have to do whatever your dad tells you to do”

Gripping the steering wheel tighter, Trey took in a deep breath and slowly let it out “You know I hate this just as h My dad was nice enough to open up a position for me and let me basically train on the job I…no…e my parents a lot”

The sting of his words was painful “Yes, I knoe them a lot You remind me all the time, Trey”

Letting out a sigh, Trey pushed his hand through his hair “Don’t you ever get tired of fighting, Harmony? That’s all we do”