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2024-10-29 19:42:56I see his smile waver when I keep on staring at him, not a word coming from me.
" Skylar, say something."
" What do you want me to say?"
" Anything, no, you know what, eat your ice cream first."
" Does mom know?"
This time it's him who looks away from me.
" You didn't tell her did you?"
" I did, she was the first one I told."
" And what did you say exactly, how did you break the news to her?"
" How does that matter?" He turns to me, now frowning.
" Actually it does because first of all, she is my mother, secondly, you two have always been close and she has been nothing but supportive to you, even after you left. So I want to know -"
" I think what I discuss with your mother is between her and me." He says, narrowing his eyes at me.
" Well not this time dad and yo
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