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“Was it Lee?”

He doesn’t look at ame “What about Lee?”

“Did he piss you off? Run you outta your house? NO!” he yells at the TV, then shakes his head “Shouldn’t have thrown He had a perfect opening, too Anyway, so was it Lee or not?”

I cannot believe I’ football with hi “No”

“Well, if it isn’t boyfriend troubles, and it isn’t Lee … then it’s gotta be your parents” He kicks back a bit “Do they suck?”

And I can’t believe I’ up to Hoyt Nowak “One half of thely

“Which half? Your dad?”

“Stepdad”

“Ugh I got one of them, too” Hoyt huffs and shakes his head “Real dad died when I was eight, right aftersome rando from my dad’s funeral, and in two uy she met at my dad’s funeral He was, like, a friend from work Isn’t that messed up?”

I didn’t actually know he had a sister “Messed up,” I agree

“Sorry, yeah, yeah, here I go, talking about fa except think about it”

“Why did you kiss me?”