Page 7 of It's Always Been You

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Ames

Now there’s a question.

Me

Fuck off. I’m taking a minute.

Liv

Good parents don’t tell their kids to fuck off.

Me

Well, it’s a good thing I’m not your parent then. Brothers can tell their sisters to fuck off anytime they want.

Ames

It’s going to be okay, you know. No matter what happens, we’re here.

Liv

What she said.

Me

I know. I love you both.

Ames

But for what it’s worth, Molly would be crazy not to give you another shot. You’re way hotter now than you were ten years ago.

And you’re a literal billionaire. But I guess if she’s really the one, she won’t care about that.

Liv

And also, you’ve got the whole single dad thing going for you.

I laugh despite myself. I may have lost both my parents and have had to live without the love of my life for ten years, but I have my sisters. I never could have gotten through the last decade without them.

Me

I don’t think it counts as a single dad thing when the kids are eighteen and twenty-two. And also not your actual kids.

Liv

Okay but like, you did the work to get yourself all happy and healthy and emotionally intelligent, and you waited until I was in college to go get your girl. That is swoon central, G.

Ames

What she’s saying is, you did all the right things. Now go get her. It’s time.

Liv

Text us after.

Me

I will. Love you. And thanks.

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