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Deacon had seen Knox with his daughter only a handful of tielse--with absolute dedication

"What’s going on, and who’s it going on with?"

"Me’n Molly started seeing each other"

"About daht"

Knox raised both eyebrows "So you’re having problemsless than a day into it?"

Deacon rested his elbows on his knees and shook his head Fucking sucked ass to ask this

"Yeah I know, so just spit it out"

Christ When had his internal thoughts started spilling out of his mouth?

"All kidding aside, Deacon, no judght stands all o home The expectations are stated up front I’ve had a repeat hookup twice"

Knox whistled

"So last night I couldn’t sleep Kept thinking about how I have no freakin’ clue how this relationship stuff works We didn’t have sex on the first date Is there sex on the second date? Are there rules about that kinda shit? And who the fuck gets to make them?"

When Knox ducked his head, Deacon knew the ain "Honest, D I don’t know if there are rules Keep in ed to a sex club There’s the saone out on a real date in a long ti around with Shiori And our relationship isn’t definable by noraze dropped to the bracelet Knox wore--an ownership tag of sorts "Has having a baby changed those things between you two?"

"Some Nuri’s needs cohter "It’s not a hardship when this little sprout has brought us so much joy When the bedroom door closes, Shiori is still e--even if we have five more kids--because that’s who she is That’s who I need her to be for me"