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"Yeah But so are you We have a lot more in common than you think, Brady There’s roorinned "I’ll even let you be the cool dad who takes hi chocolate and drinking Mountain Dew" I lifted a finger in the air, walked back to the corner where I’d been waiting, and retrievedbut didn’t take it "What’s that?"

"That, ht Six o, they were forty-nine ninety-nine online Today, they are two hundred and fifty dollars on eBay"

"Jesus," Bradyfor it since the day it careed to buy it, you couldn’t find the dalanced down and shook his head "I don’t want to buy his affections"

"You’re not You’re going to use this to buy mine"

His head snapped up "What?"

"Travis isn’t stupid We go up there and pretend everything is hunky-dory, he’s not going to believe it If you take this up there, he’s going to know it’s a gift and he’s going to want it real bad, but since it’s co to be hesitant But I won’t be I’ll go on and on about how much it cost and how they are ihts up for all of ten o on and on about how you found it on eBay and got into a bidding ith Dan TDM over it" I paused to repeat myself slowly "Dan T-D-M He’s some YouTube personality Write it down That’s the part that in you some cool points"

He blinked and then slipped a hand into his pocket before pulling a pen out

"I’ to shake hands And then Travis and I are going to sit on the bed and play with it"

His head shot back again "Shouldn’t it be Travis and I sitting on the bed playing with it?"

"No Because, while I’ you Everything that cooing to push your buttons--hard and repeatedly He’s going to callto tell all of his favorite stories about growing up If Charlotte steps out, hefor you to show any sign of anger or frustration" I leaned in close and lowered uarantee you the payoff will be huge"

Our eyes locked in a standoff I could alive him credit He desperately wanted that relationship with our son He just couldn’t figure out how to put all the bullshit aside long enough to"I don’t know that I can drop the issue of custody"

"That’s fine Just think about it Play this ood it could be if he felt safe to love all of us"

He cut his gaze over my shoulder and scratched the back of his head "I’uy here I hat’s best for my son"

"We all do And I can assure you, if we all work together, that best will be better"

Brady stared at ive this toy business a shot I’lared

But, in the end, we shared an elevator up to the fourth floor

Teeks later…