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"Nohose turn is it?" She asked looking around the small room Jayden looked at his family portrait and for the first time he noticed that his family was not like most of his new classmates at the Catholic school This was the second time today that the issue of a "daddy" had come up Did all farown up his entire life with only his mom; he had never really paid attention that it had always only been just the two of them He wondered if he had a daddy and if so if his daddy knew about hi mom about this later today

"Ah, Jayden it's your turn…" He heard Mrs Goodrich calling out his name

- 6:09 p his ot to ask the question that had been bugging hiht to and picked up from school by men whoh-ugh-ugh…" Marla coughed at the unexpected question She couldn't help but turning a curious eye on her son

"Of-of…" Marla stuure out a tactful way to answer her son She had expected him to ask questions about his father one day; however she hadn't anticipated that today would be the day She had never really co plausible to tell him except the truth

"Of… sure you do honey… Everyone has a dad" She answered after recovering from the shock of his question

"Where is he? Does he know about uard and she found herself s the car to a sudden halt just before hitting the car in front of her Noas she supposed to answer these questions? She pulled the car over out of traffic and turned to her son

"Of- why the sudden interest Jayden?" She asked stalling for tiht answers

"Of-of…" He stumbled unsure as to how to explain himself "Today a lot of kids ca if I had one too?" He told her the truth and Marla sed hard against the lu son's observation Of course there would be fathers dropping off and picking up their children too Jayden was no longer in the sheltered environ in a holedifference in families How could she tell him, that for whatever reason his father chooses not to be a part of his life?