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“I do.”
“Are you not going to be around a lot?”
“I’ll always be here for you. You and your mom are my number one priority now.”
“What about football?”
“That comes second. My family will always be first now.”
Sophie eyed me skeptically. I could tell she wanted to say something but wouldn’t in front of our son.
“Dad, do you know why mom was crying on the phone yesterday?”
“Ben!”
“What?” My gaze shifted to her. “You were crying.”
“I was not crying.”
“Yes, you were. You were biting your lip. You always bite your lip when you cry.”
I grinned, looking only at her. “Doesn’t she, though.”
“Enough with the two against one.”
“Dad?”
“Yeah, bud?”
“When mom was crying, she said she was conflicted. What does that mean?”
“Ben!” Pointing toward the slider, she ordered, “Go outside!”
“But, Mom…”
“Now!”
“Fine.” He hopped off my lap.
“I’ll meet you outside in a few, alright?”
He smiled at me before taking off.
I waited until he was out of sight, and then I questioned, “Am I conflicting you, Baby Soph?”
She shook her head. “Not everything is about you.”
“When it comes to you it is. Are you going to tell me why you were crying?”
“I wasn’t crying.”
I stood, making my way over to her. “If you won’t tell me…”
She instinctively put her hands up in the air.
“Then I’m just going to have to take it from you.”
“Wha—”
