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"So the seat next to hienerous portion of birthday cake and a scoop of ice crea his eyes He refused to cry; he refused to acknowledge that it still hurts to see little kids at birthday parties enjoying the fussiness of not only their mommies but their daddies too Damn, why did he come he cursed himself His mind wasn't done with the mental torture just yet

"Birthdays still bother you eh?" Avery observed taking a large gulp out of his own cake

"Eh… It is what it is…" Jayden cohts of his father He hadn't seen or heard fro about how much he had buried his pride and asked the man if he could co and thenabout the man At twenty-five he still wrestled with issues of abandoner and curiosity as to why did his father never wanted to be a part of his life Still to this day he wondered what his father looked like; it had been alrown up now… It's over; forget about it" Avery encouraged just before he suddenly got up and left going to his own son

His entire life everyone who knew his father always said the sae' However when he did see the man, he could never see the reseo out of his way not to have any resemblance to the man; be it in looks, demeanor, personality, lifestyle, habits, women etc Whatever it was and at whatever price he had to pay, he would be nothing like his father

"Hey AJ here- look here; look here lil'for his attention Avery was atteet him to look his way so he could snap it up Click-Click-Click went the digital ca s before his eyes This was as close to fatherhood that Jayden was coodfather He couldn't risk having the kind of swag his own father carried He was scared that his father's ere genetics and that he had inherited the another innocent child like he had been Therefore he was deteret into a committed relationship with a wo to happen and no one was ever going to turn hi to him on how to live his life and be Jacob Ellis was the perfect example of what not to be as a man; and for daer would be different if by nothing else than the power of his will alone