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"So both of your parents… how could you ever understand me? At least you knoho you look like…" Jayden finally answered after giving it soht

"What?" Avery asked a little dumbstruck by his response "Is this what that is about?" He asked sucking in air between his teeth Suddenly Avery stopped turning to his friend facing him square in the eye

"Yea, I wanna knohat the old man looks like I want to hear what his voice sound like What color are his eyes Am I as tall as he?" Jayden said with more honesty than he had anticipated To Jayden's own ears he sounded pathetic and even felt ashas He was thankful to have a friend like Avery; so that, he looked away He didn't want his friend to see his eyesup He didn't want his friend to know that he still cared that much about who his father was

"Got an address?" Avery asked as if it was the only logical question to ask

"Address?" Jayden asked He was a little lost at his question however he couldn't hide his curiosity He thought about that long tiiven him a strip of paper with a couple of numbers and addresses scribbled onto it

"Man let's squash this shit for once and all" He heard Avery saying with a little annoyance Jayden knew he still had the paper He didn't knohy he had saved it all of these years but nevertheless he had it tucked away in a safe place in his roo

"If all you wanna do is see the

"What?" Jayden responded snapping back to attention His friend's assertion surprised hiht eyebrow arched upwardly as he listened to more of what Avery had to say

"As a raduation presents all rolled up into one That's what I'ive you; a trip to your daddy's crib so you can stop all that whining and crying shit about 'where's my daddy'" Avery announced unsyh?" Louise asked her husband as they sat in his study going over the bills When Jacob had returned horeeted with the wonderful news that Markus had been accepted to Stanford University on a partial scholarship However even with that scholarship they would have to coe su and the rest of the tuition