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“I want to take him on a trip,” she says quickly “An educational trip ”

Okay, this may have some merit I take Gabe a lot of places because I want him to be educated and well traveled “Where?”

She pauses, silently he to play oes on full-scale alert

“Where?” I ask again, this ti my voice

“The Galapagos Islands,” she blurts out

“You got to be fking kidding me?” I snarl at her

“No, I’ you,” she snarls back “They have a lot of wildlife there for hie tortoises ”

True enough But everyone that has ever heard of the Galapagos knows they’re famous for those monstrous beasts

“And letalone?”

“Well, no I would take Anthony with me It’s not safe for Gabe and me to travel halfway around the world on our own ”

Of course she would Anthony was her neenty-year-old boyfriend that I had the extre last weekend when I dropped Gabe off He was laying on her couch in a pair of boxer shorts with a beer in one hand and the remote control in the other Marissa smirked at me when she saw h to think I’m jealous, but I was pissed a half-naked jackass was in her ho my son off

“What the fk?” I had leaned in and hissed at her “Get your fking boyfriend dressed ”

She blinked at ed her shoulders “Sorry about that I wasn’t sure what time you’d be by ”

Fucking bitch I dropped Gabe off every Sunday evening I had him at seven PM She knew exactly when I’d be there

Focusing oncecalmly at me from the computer screen, I take a deep breath and let it out

“One last guess,” I say with sarcasm “You have a luxury resort probably already picked out ”

She misses the sarcasm “Why, yes I do Would you like me to send you the link so you could see it?”

I blow up “No I don’t want to fking see it I’o on a vacation ”

“It’s an educational trip,” she huffs into the phone, and I don’t even have it in ue I press the “end” button on my phone, and blissful silence soothes me