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He gasped when Brenda reached for her glass of iced tea and accidentally spilled it in his lap

As he ju the ice cubes off him, his wife followed hiainst his crotch

"Brenda!" Phil grasped her wrist and glanced around as if scandalized "Not in public"

"Oh, dear Lord" Brenda sighed and glanced atPhil’s arm, she led him away toward the bathrooms

I stared after them in wonder Phil reminded me so much of Oren in some ways And Brendashe was just awesoht, I slapped Oren in the arm Hard

"You asshole," I hissed "Your parents are alanced at me with a confused frown "Well, yeah I never said they weren’t"

"Butyou ain, as if they were terrible, but they’rethey’re really a They love you and care about you and want to knohat’s happening in your life How can you not appreciate any of that? I mean, if I’d had just one parent as even half as interested in me as both of yours are in you, I’d--"

My voice cracked, so I settled for glaring at hireat he had it in the faone through to bring us to Ella And I never would’ve made it as far as I had without Colton and Brandt around to suffer through with iven a shit Or even knoho , while Oren had everything; and he was co about it

Spoiled bastard

"I didn’t say they were bad parents They’re not, not at all And they’re supportive Maybe too supportive But they’re just--"

He broke off when he saw thelanced over too, prepared to ask if everything was better But soed in the time since Brenda and Phil had left the table to dry Phil They looked stoic, almost sympathetic