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"You ht as well stay; you’ll be here still anyway I’ll just drive you ho casually

I chewed onskills to the test then, huh?"

He nodded, see pretty proud of hi for o first as usual

"How do you kno to cook then?" Not s like a pot pie Alex wouldn’t have a clue where to start with that - then again, Alex burned grilled cheese

"My dad taughtMy ear picked up on the past tense of that state with his aunt and not his parents "You going or what?" he asked, ain because I hadn’t started walking because I was trying to work out his past

I nodded and headed into the hallway, seeing Olivia standing with a blond stocky guy as probably in his late forties Olivia smiled warmly "Maisie, this is my husband, Alan Alan, this is Zach’s tutor, Maisie" She waved a hand between us in introduction

He nodded in acknowledge a little bored as he threw his keys onto the sideboard "Tutor, like that’s worth it," he muttered under his breath

I felt the frown pull at ston" I forced ht, but the hard expression on his face wasn’t very welco at all

"Alright, Uncle Alan?" Zach chirped sarcastically frouy’s eyes flicked to Zach, a scowl slipping onto his face "Go to school today or did you ain?" he barked

I flinched fro on my feet as Zach pushedthe hard expression of his uncle’s "I went," he spat "We’re going to study" Alansound in the back of his throat as Zach forced me to walk up the stairs, his whole body tense

I tried to pretend like I couldn’t hear Alan talking to Olivia as alked away "Waste of freaking raduate, he’s a fking waster," Alan growled

"He is not a waster! He just needs soed at how unco a full blown argument at the bottoer and was ruining everything, that Alan didn’t want hi hard, that they were already struggling with money and Zach was just a deadbeat kid who’d never a back that he was faot into Zach’s roo at each other

Zach slaes as he gripped his hands in his hair, his whole body tight with anger as he leant against the door, kicking it with the back of his heel I didn’t knohat to say or do What was there to say? He obviously didn’t get on with his uncle, that ly obvious The whole situation was really sad

"You okay?" I asked quietly, touching his elbow tentatively

"Just grab your stuff, I’ hi rily

"But we haven’t finished," I protested