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“Hey Tate, how’s it going?” Ronan asked as soon as he answered

“Good,” I said, though I knew I hadn’t ed to keep the shakiness out ofmoment before he responded

“Everything okay?”

“U and I…I…”

When I couldn’t finish the sentence, Ronan said, “Hold on, okay?”

I nodded even though I kneas stupid since Ronan couldn’t see me I sucked in several deep breaths to try to keep my tears at bay

“Daddy?”

A knot of eot stuck in my throat at the sound of Matty’s voice, but before I could answer hi face “Hi Daddy!” Matty said with a huge grin

“Hi, buddy,” I rate out

“Daddy, look,” Matty said and then he was turning the careetedin full costume next to Matty’s hospital bed Seth was dressed as Spiderreena Hulk ot into the truck a second later, I handed the phone to him He smiled and I heard the phone click as he pushed a couple of buttons

“You better not have just taken a picture!” I heard Ronan call out as the ied back to Matty Hawke shifted in his seat so Matty could see both of us

“It’s costue wobbled for athe phone so we could see all of Matty I’d expected to see him dressed as Iron Man or Captain America, but he wasn’t

He was Hawkeye

I shifted aze to Hahose eyes had warreat, Matty,” Hawke said, though his voice was hoarse He shot lance and I felt uish…happiness Genuine happiness