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"Yea?" Avery responded watching his friend closely He wondered what he was thinking

"Do you think I look like him?" Jayden couldn't see any resemblance; impossible If there had been any resemblance then surely Mr Ellis would have noticed Surely thathis own son How could this man be his father? How could a father not know his own child? They didn't look alike and he sounded nothing like hiined that his father would look like or be like

"Hmm… It's hard to say from this distance…" Avery finally answered after a period of ti and his breathing growing laborious This whole situation was stressful and itht to hie this ht I'm just too far away" Jayden spoke in a quiet and disappointing whisper His voice sounded void of e for his best friend This was indeed a blow to his heart; to find out that his father is capable of loving- he just didn't love hilad you were born… Happy birthday Jayden" Avery cringed at his words Was that the best he could say? Is that how he consoled a friend?

Pause

"There's an old Chinese proverb… Do you know it?" Jayden abruptly asked changing the subject It took Avery by surprise He wasn't surprised that Jayden could quote Chinese proverbs; after all they both lived to watch Chineselive over the Internet Both of the the n films that they watched with subtitles Avery hesitated

"What?"

"As long as you're going to do wrong; the least you can do is live hile doing it" Jayden said wisely beyond his fourteen years Avery couldn't respond to that Hearing his friend say those harsh words, he kneas feeling Jayden felt lower than alife, healthy but noring him He knew that Jayden felt as if he were dead in his father's heart and eyes He kneas as if he didn't exist Jayden was searching for answers; he wanted to knohy not him? However Avery couldn't answer that question He couldn't understand it either himself