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“He’s fooling himself”

“Absolutely He so badly wants Shane to be a goodto talk hi otherwise makes a da to usurp Shane to gain power by talking trash”

“The hell you are” And I’ll prove it soon

“Or that I’s “Whatever”

She acts like this doesn’t h as nails, but she has feelings, and they run deep I know it hurts her every day to work for the man who fathered her but refuses to even notice her, no matter what a stellar job she’s done

I set down , and he doesn’t knohat he’s ”

“Yeah? Then again, you’re coh,” she quips and tries to pull free

I hold her tighter “Don’t push me aith snark I mean what I said You’re head-and-shoulders better than ninety-nine percent of people I’ve worked with Your dedication and drive are adh “And you’re better offspring than I am I can’t even tell you the last time I called my mother Christmas, maybe? You try your best every day to earn your father’s notice I’ve been so absent as a son, I think ave up on me My sisters, too”

It’s been well over two years since I went back home, and the only reason anyone in my family knows I’ve moved to Maui is because I included the everyone of my new address

“I’d give anything to have family like yours No one else has my back”

She’s right, and I’uely ashamed that I’ve allowed myself to drift so far from the people who should matter most to me “Do you want your own family someday?”

Sloan ss and washes her chicken doith a sip of Cab “You mean have kids?”

“And a husband, yeah”

“Eventually I haven’t thought about it too much”

I frown “Because you want to be more established in your career first?”