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"Aubrey, when have you ever knownto be eaten?"

"How about when Dad’s the one who cooked it?" she teased, knowing damn e all ran in the other direction the rare ti dinner He was a disaster in the kitchen

"Well played," I said before taking a huge bite of the corned beef sandwich in front of one She hadn’t been joking when she said she was starving Whichbecause Aubrey was a nervous eater Any ti her, she went to food for co used it that ith us ere younger

"M her mouth with her napkin

"Okay, Aubrey Spill"

"What do youto sound all innocent like she didn’t know that I knew so on

"You know exactly what I mean’" I responded as I pointed at the empty plates in front of us "You know I appreciate you ordering lunch and all, but I know that when you eat like this so you How can I help you if you don’t talk to me about it?"

"Shit, Jackson It’s not me I’m worried about," she admitted

That wasn’t what I had expected her to say "Then what the fuck is going on? Because you’ve seeed a little over the last fewup And just in ti to be a senior soon I can’t act like a child s I love most about you is that you can still act like a kid soe too h I am sure the parental units will be thrilled at the idea of you taking school and stuff more seriously"

"Yeah I’ve even talked to Dad about working in one of the branches this suainst working for our dad

"Whoa! Really? What made you decide that?"