“Are you my new dad?” I rolled my lips together, emotion strangling my throat. Fortunately, Kyle was still calm and collected. “I will never take your dad’s place,” he said. Sebastian seemed almost sad about that. He nodded, hanging his head. “But,” Kyle added quickly. “What I’d like to do is be your friend. And I want to hang out more, and get to know more about you, and tell you more about me. I’d like to take you fun places, like the zoo and the pool. I’d like to pick you up from camp sometimes, and I hope to be here on my days off. And when the season starts… maybe you could come to a
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