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“I’m sorry,” I say instead “I didn’t think…”

“No, you didn’t,” she snaps “What time will you be home?”

“Uhht answer is here “When do you want me home?”

Dad snorts and Mom slaps his chest

“Will you be home for dinner?” she asks slowly

“Yeah” I clear my throat “I’ll be ho up?”

When she doesn’t answer, Iup

“You didn’t tell her you were co here?” Mom repeats

“She was sleeping I thought I’d take RJ so she could get some sleep”

“That was a very thoughtful gesture,” she says “Especially based off everything you said happened last night and today, but you can’t leave with a ht is, what if someone stole him?”

“Yeah, I didn’t think about that” I scrub the sides ofsince I got hohteen hours…” I breathe out a sigh “I don’t knohat I’”

“You’re not doing anything wrong,” Marco says, sitting next to me “It’s all new Micaela has never lived on her own before She doesn’t kno to do the laundry properly or run the dishwasher She’s done it occasionally, but for thelady does it The kids have always had chores, but they were also busy with school and extracurricular activities She’s going to have to learn”

“And it drives women nuts when you leave the toilet seat up,” Caleb adds with a laugh “Hayley almost killed me when she fell in once”

“No woman wants to pick up dirty clothes froust

“And you have to always let the woman fall asleep first,” my dad says “Especially if you snore Your mom needs absolute silence to fall asleep I can’t even watch the television in the room”

“I didn’t think about any of that,” I adht’ve lived with Laura for years, but I was rarely hoht More like roommates than spouses We didn’t even share a room”

“It just takes time and patience,” Mom says

“So, what do I do now?” I ask “How do I fix this?”

“I buy Hayley spa days,” Caleb says

“I take your mom away,” Dad adds