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"She already hates us"

"Yeah" I closed , but I couldn’t any she’ll want us out eventually"

Another harsh laugh ca ache was in ut It orse than ever before "Yeah It’s over between Mom and Dad"

"They’ve been divorced for a while She ? It’s like the pain will never go away"

"Yeah" The ache deepened as he spoke

His voice dropped to a whisper "Why do I feel like I’nores her?"

We were both there, reliving that uo through that"

"We’re not the first"

"I know" I wouldn’t do that, not to my own child "It hurts because it’s done, for real this time He moved on"

"Mom hasn’t"

"She will" She would have to "He left her alone a long tiain "This sucks"

"I know" The ache was still e anywhere I’d have to live with it I already had been "I want to get drunk tonight"

He flashed ht you stopped drinking for football"

"Really?"

He laughed "Coach says you can’t drink, re" I shook ht"

"Fuck our life"

I nodded "Fuck our fa The sadness appeared over his face again Sometimes I didn’t think it ever left him He said softly, "You and me"

"You and et what’s going on for tonight, just one night Let’s have fun Then we’ll deal hatever happens"