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"Yea… Yea I do…" He agreed not knohat Mr Ellis was talking about

"I used to buy you those blue snow cones you loved from the ice creaot houe were bluer than the color blue" Mr Ellis s the tiht it for uessed He remembered the tiht so his appetite

"That's right she would First she would be mad because it was al one home for Dinah"

"And you alould answer that you didn't want to ruin her appetite too"

"Bhahahahahahahaha… Bhahahahahaaaa… yea I always tried that old excuse and et hter and it looked like years of stress hadsomeone care about you; really didprocess As aable to finally be able to spend a little ti to know the kind of life he had lived

"Will I see you tomorrow?" Mr Ellis asked and Jayden could hear the hopefulness, anticipation and sadness in his voice

"I'm not sure… You know there is work" He offered as an excuse Mr Ellis pulled his covers to just under his chin and turned his head sideways

"I know son… I understand…"

Jayden left the nursing ho numb Was that an improvement of what he used to feel with these encounters with his father? He didn't kno to address theMr Ellis or even at ti to refer to his stepotten son? How did he feel living in the shadow of his stepbrother and even pretending to be hiht, maybe he should seek out sohts and feelings He needed to talk to so He needed someone to provide sos towards thehis father, Jayden didn't need or want any pity sex to cos What he wanted and needed was that ear to listen to that Mia had offered hio He took out his cell phone