“Why are we at the mall?” Sebastian asked, sighing heavily as he placed their tray down at the small food court table.

“Well, we,” Mikey said, stressing the second word as she gestured between her and his father who was doing his best not to smile, “are spending a lovely evening at the mall. I’m not sure what you’re doing here to be honest,” she added with a sad shake of her head and a pitying look that had him narrowing his eyes on the little brat.

“I’m spending quality time with my father,” he said with a glare as he grabbed his drink off the tray.

“Doing what?” she asked, blinking innocently as she grabbed one of his fries and popped it in her mouth.

Narrowing his eyes on her, he grabbed her burger as he said, “Guy stuff.”

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“What did he do to piss you off this time?” Uncle Trevor asked as they watched Sebastian storm out of the house.

“I don’t remember,” Mikey said, pursing her lips up as she thought it over only to shrug.

“You’re evil,” Uncle Trevor said with a rueful smile and a shake of his head as they watched as Sebastian’s eyes narrowed on them.

“I know,” Mikey said, nodding solemnly as Sebastian stormed over to the truck.

“You really enjoy tormenting my son, don’t you?” Uncle Trevor asked with a curious look in his eye.

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“What are you doing here?” Jonathan asked, shooting him a questioning look as he dropped his backpack by the door before throwing himself across Sebastian’s bed.

“I live here,” Sebastian pointed out as he shifted his search to under his bed.

“Barely,” Jonathan said before asking, “What are you looking for?”

“Something to read,” he said, sighing heavily as he shoved another stack of books that he’d already read aside and decided to take another look at the books on his desk.

“Why didn’t you go to the library?”

“Because it’s closed today,” he said as he went through the books on his desk, hoping to find something that he’d missed earlier.

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