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He still carried the piece of paper with hiiven him A name and address in his wallet He needed to see her as well, but one thing at a tiht now, and that’s what Mason gave everything to

The same way his father had

Gavin sat in the room with his dad while he slept His e to visit with his father It still wasn’t so he did as much as he should It hurt to look at hi hi who Gavin was--and if he did, being disappointed in that person

He wasn’t an idiot Even if his father remembered one day, that didn’t mean he would the next, but damn he wanted to talk to him To tell his father who he was, and for him to at least once be okay ho that person was

"Gavin?" His voice sounded harsh; not angry, but dry and almost like a hack

Thank you, he wanted to say Today, his father reet your some water"

He filled a cup for his father and then set it in his shaky hand He struggled slightly to keep fro the drink, but Gavin held off Noa drink of water

"What are you doing here today?" He handed Gavin the cup

"Coood I h…I don’t think"

The pain in his dad’s voicehis mind that way, thoseto hiet out here more I’m sorry about that"

"It’s okay I’"

He could easily lie Today, his father obviously didn’t realize it was summer Gavin couldn’t do that Not this tietting ht have a new job at the beginning of the year, if I want it I still haven’t decided"