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Jason Davenport

I pretended not to know that Dad walked into my room. It was 6am. I would soon have to get up and get ready for school.

But for now, I really didn't feel like seeing him or talking to him. So I pretended to be asleep.

He stood at the side of my bed watching me. Sighing when he saw that I was asleep, he gently sat on my bed and buried his head in his hands.

He looked tired and stressed out. Maybe he really was having a hard time. I wondered if maybe I was being too hard on him. . .

But I banished that thought as quickly as it came. He deserved it. He was the one trying to replace Mom and change everything. We were great on our own before Ashley showed up.

And still, he was too blind to see that the only thing she was doing was ruining our lives and our relationship with each other.

It'd come back to bite him in the ass. And for sure he'd regret ever trying to replace my mother. Like he always did.

The thought of letting Ash