Matthew was bewildered by Carlos' question, his face even darker.
Sheffield, however, was frightened. He didn't think Carlos was joking. To prevent any further misunderstandings, he stopped smiling and said seriously, "No, Uncle Carlos. You misunderstood us. I'm not gay. Now Matthew is a good-looking guy, but I prefer girls, like the lovely Evelyn."
Carlos cast a scornful glance at his son and commented, "At least you have good taste. Evelyn is much more skilled, much better-looking than Matthew."
Matthew was used to being compared unfavorably to his siblings. He snapped, "Yeah. She's better than me, and I'm better than you."
Carlos' eyebrows furrowed. "Ask Sheffield. He'll tell you who is more handsome: you, or me."
'How do I choose? Whoever I don't pick will be mad at me.' Sheffield swallowed his saliva nervously. That wasn't an easy question to answer.
"At least I'm not a big baby like you!" For the past couple years, Matthew saw that his dad was becoming more and more childlike. He lost his temper easily, throwing a tantrum when he didn't get his way. He often did things that were completely out of character for him.
Sheffield preferred to keep his mouth shut. It was a terrible battle, this conflict between father and son. And he preferred not to get hit by a stray metaphorical bullet.
Matthew continued, "You're always pretending you're better than me. But if you're so good, why didn't you know that the company's security system has been hacked?" "What?" Carlos was taken aback. "Who did it? Was it you?"
"No. That guy." Matthew pointed to Sheffield, who was peeling nuts for Evelyn.
"Is he..." Star Anise?'
Before Carlos could say the name, Matthew interrupted him. "Star Anise? No. He's the hacker's disciple, Eleven."
looked at
at all. I just found some loopholes that my master taught me.
of admitting it or denying it, he just told her, "Some other time. But not now." If he got a chance, he would tell her
anyone else, but Evelyn was special. She had the right
Anise's disciple
virus. She didn't believe that Sheffield could fix it for her. In fact, Evelyn told him to just go home. Now she realized that it might be him
Sheffield was a hacker, and
mealtime was fairly lively, because Sheffield was friendly and easy
"I want a son, but I'm worried. Our father treats Matthew like shit.
in a low voice, "You can have
it, the more she felt
what was on his mind. "What? Why are you saying that? I want a daughter with you," he said
dishing up food for Sheffield while talking to
with Evelyn. Carlos didn't say anything, and Debbie agreed. "Are you staying here, or driving to
park or something. We'll find somewhere
back tonight?" Debbie
answer this
Carlos coughing, a hint of warning
he had to give up the idea. "Don't worry, Aunt Debbie. I'll get her home, safe and sound." "Okay, then you can go.
brother who were headed upstairs and asked, "Matthew, Terilynn, would you like
glanced at him and
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