Once again, Henry found himself staring at a wall.

Andre could sense it too-the kids had basically formed a secret alliance on the way back. Ask Dad anything, the older two would shoot back with a snarky reply. Question the older kids, and Dad would suddenly turn into a rapid-fire critic, giving them a piece of his mind.

The two youngest? Born spectators, each more invested in the family drama than the last.

Bruce came home from work to find two big kids and two little ones lined up against the wall. "What is it this time?"

Naomi pulled him aside in a hurry. "Molly and Mia took the kids out all night, and no one could find them. And then Dad stayed out singing karaoke until two in the morning..."

"Hold on-Dad was at karaoke until two?" Bruce, who'd just found out, looked genuinely shocked.

Naomi suddenly remembered and slapped her hand over her mouth. "Oh gosh, I completely forgot-Dad blocked you from his stories too."

Bruce: "..."

For some reason, seeing their older brother completely in the dark made Andre and Officer Chad feel oddly comforted.

Bruce walked over. "Dad, can we talk in the study?"

his eldest, clearly not in the mood for a reckoning, and

wondering how on earth

do your own thing, but out partying until two in the

piped up, "So what if he was out till two? Big bro, remember when you used to stay out all night

did

but you definitely

"... That never happened. No

quiet. If Dad really had done that,

to find him staring a hole through the top of her head. When their eyes

had somehow folded his hands behind his back and was now

out, gently nudging her son's head to face

his mom's hand and looked up, wide-eyed, as if to ask,

only ever hit

you walking out

you were up

when you

night, she insisted set you

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