Jack watched Anya devour her food in the car, her cheeks puffed out with a half-eaten burger. She shot him a nervous glance and apologized, "Chad, I'm so sorry, it wasn't on purpose." Jack chuckled, "Take it easy, don't choke."

Mia just sighed, lost in her thoughts. It hit her why everyone was so surprised when her husband indulged her, and why she had unknowingly stepped on some of Andre's soft spots. Turns out, everyone has that one special person in their life who lets them get away with just about anything. Mia patted Anya's shoulder. "Kid, Aunt Mia's got your wedding gift all ready."

Anya looked puzzled, "..."

Jack gently swatted Mia's hand away. "Go back to your mommy blog empire. We're heading out."

Jack slipped on the Ray-Bans Mia had given him and drove off.

On the road, Anya unwrapped another burger for Jack, ready to feed him. But Jack took it with one hand while steering with the other, taking a big bite.

"Chad, have you ever eaten in your car before?"

"Yeah."

Anya relaxed a bit. After a moment, Jack added, "You're the second person."

Anya's eyes widened, "..."

Half an hour before the exam, Molly sat on a bench outside, munching on a burger, waiting for Jack to drop off Anya at the test center.

Soon, Jack arrived. He sat next to Molly, handing her a wad of paper.

"What's this?" Molly unfolded it to find a bunch of notes.

better to have something than nothing. If the proctor isn't watching, start

an eyebrow, "Even your Chad isn't

mention him." Molly grumbled, taking another

At the Byrne residence.

dropping Molly off, Chad went back to talk

Grandpa Elmer were out at their fitness class, and Kendrick was at work, leaving just mother and son in

most about your opinion. If

stress her out more.

she ended up with a nitpicking mother-in-law and a chaotic home life, could you bear it? You know the dramas our Byrne family has had, did your

enough reasons. Despite the challenges with your father's relatives, he has been good to

be exhausting. Coleen wasn't some naive, sweet girl; she was

at his watch, said goodbye to his mother, and went to the school to find

the sunshine, forming a triangle. Molly pulled out a cheat sheet from her sleeve and compared answers with Jack. "I got this one

ambitious, "Next year, I want to apply for... never mind, it's probably out

from her sleeve, Jack was surprised to see she had one

Jack grabbed Anya's arm from behind her back and reached into the sleeve of her puffy jacket. Anya's sleeve was

felt her sweater riding up her arm along with Jack's hand fumbling around, and she whispered

a handful of

been tutoring you for so long, do you really have that

freshman, and you know how the advisors intimidate new students. It's normal to buy cheat sheets when that's the environment, and it's not like she actually cheated. Anya's a good kid,

to Anya, "Do you think he was

feeling a bit intimidated, "Um... Auntie, your brother's here

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