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Chapter Six
Emily Collins.
As soon as I opened my apartment door, I heard the, usual commotion of my son and bestfriend arguing over something, again.
“That is not how it works, little guy.”
“It is! You do not know anything so— so— so—!”
Archer is pointing an accusing finger at Alex and his face is all scrunched up into a cute but angry scowl when I enter the living room and I quietly laugh to myself at his loss of words. “A duck, you are a duck so you don't know anything uncle Alex!”
“Heeeeey! What did I say, uh, what did I say about calling me uncle out in the open like that? What would the girls think?”
“That you're old and annoying and cranky—”
“Ugh, I can never win with you, god!”
Jasmine laughs lou
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