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“No clue, but I expect you’ll fix that issue right away or I will kick your ass until you’re a broken heap on the floor Then I’ll turn Dalton loose on you You ain’t Dad None of us are None of us ever hafta be”

“What if I don’t kno to do this?”

“Cut yourself some slack The kid is a few hours old! And you know more than you think you do You’ve watched our cousins become fathers They all seele one of them felt the way you do at first”

“Even Cord?”

“Nah He’s perfect He’s never fked up anything in his life”

Brandt laughed “Asshole”

Dalton’s pickup zipped into the parking lot, er pup and jerked Brandt into a big hug “Congrats, bro! How’s it feel to be a daddy?”

“Scary as shit”

“No doubt Luckily you’ve got ht and narrow in not turning into Dad ’Cause I gotta be honest, B The way you’ve acted a couple times in the last few months really reminded me of him”

Leave it to Dalton to cut to the chase

Dalton spied the bottle “Really? You guys started celebrating Tucker’s arrival before I got here? For shaonna hafta catch up” He raised the bottle and drank

“I’m done,” Brandt said “I wonder if Jess will let me hold our son with booze on my breath”

“You ain’t had nearly as much as me” The shots seemed to hit Tell all at once

“I’ll hold off on any et you hoht home I’ll probably just walk over there”

“Over where?” Brandt asked

“To Hot Lips’ place” Dalton took another drink

Brandt looked confused “Who’s Hot Lips?”

“Jesus, Brandt Get with the prograin’ out with all week Everyone in the whole damn McKay family knows about her”

Great But it bothered Tell that his older brother hadn’t been paying attention to things going on in his life Then again, Brandt hadn’t been paying attention to anything

You cut hiet into her pants?”

After several belts, Tell didn’t have the tact to deal with his younger brother, so he ignored hiate He looked at Brandt “I know you’ll get a handle on this Call hty shocked to see Tell on her doorstep

“Tell? What are you doing here?”

“I was at the hospital to meet my nephew Brandt and I knocked back a few celebratory shots, and I realized I oughten be drivin’, so I walked over to see if you’d be interested in goin’ out for supper with ”