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He was talking to ently I didn’t like the tone of voice and I frowned softly, looking him up and down

“Yeah, I uh, I was out late last night,” Iaway as I wandered into the kitchen to make coffee

His chair creaked under his weight as he pushed hiainst the door frame

“I was surprised that you weren’t hoht”

I glanced overthe milk into my coffee

“Yeah, a friend wanted to go out and celebrate She just finished her finals and she wanted to unwind,” I explained, not feeling too bad about lying to him

I’d spentto my dad, I didn’t see why I should stop now Besides, I didn’t want him to knoas at the biker bar At the end of the day he wasthe note he’d left for me

He just nodded at lanced at o cup?” he said, his voice strangled and weak

I frowned deeply and glanced down at the coffee “Why? Are we going somewhere?” I asked curiously

He took in a sharp breath and nodded “Yeah, we’re actually going on a trip We’ll be staying overnight at a hotel ”

I blinked, surprised by the statement Mike and I avoided each other at all costs the e that he see a sudden interest in me I furrowedirl, honestly I’d alanted to be a part ofpart of his At least, that’s how I felt

As I tapped my spoon on my cup I felt hope well inside of s up? Was he going to try and be the dad he should have been all this ti

“Yeah, that sounds nice I’ll go pack a bag,” I said, running back up toand my shampoo in my backpack

I didn’t even care where ere going It would be nice to finally have so, and shooting up Maybe we’d go fishing or do whatever normal families did

He offered a strained sht into it He was probably hung over and crashing He always looked just a little bit unco without a beer I was used to the strained tone, so it wasn’t strange to me at all