"...Chance."
"Donald."
"There's a boy."
"...There's a boy?"
"Yes."
"Why didn't you tell me this earlier? Why now?"
"Because you're doing your daily run and you think properly when you run."
"...Who's the boy?"
"Uh...not exactly sure yet."
"Farah."
"What? She'll be fine. We were fine."
"..."
"You see? You know I'm right."
"...We were stupid."
"Chance! She's sixteen."
"Do you think I care?"
"You're a lame dad."
"You're one to talk."
"I don't get how she likes you more."
"I got skills, Donald."
"Oh, please. You lost all your skills when you turned twenty."
"Ew. We're old."
"Yup."
"I miss younger us."
"Eh...I don't. You were such a bitch."
"Wow, Farah. So caring."
"You were so mad and me that you couldn't pick up the fucking phone or my precious texts and told that Rebecca bitch everything."
"That was when I was at my lowest level. I was heartbroken, woman."
"Grow a pair, Bobby."
"MOM!"
"...Oh shit."
"MOM? You there?"
"...No?"
"Really Farah?"
"What? She's going to ask me to get her a glass of water. I don't feel like getting up."
"...What kind of mom are you?"
"MOM?! I just heard your voice!"
"I BROKE MY BACK, ANA. GET THE WATER YOURSELF."
"...WELL. I can't. I broke my legs."
"What did I tell you about lying?!"
"...I mean...you lied first."
"My poor baby."
"I know. Come save me."
"Ew. Not you. I meant my daughter."
"Fuck you."
"FINE! I'll just call dad!"
"My time has come."
"WELL... CALL DAD ALL YOU WANT. I DIVORCED HIM!"
"Shut the hell up and go to sleep, Farah."
"Who are you talking to like that?!"
"You."
"Don't make me hulk smash your ass, Chance."
"TRY ME."
"Ana! Take this phone before I abuse your father again."
"DAD?! Dad help! She's going to thirst me to death."
"...Thirst you to death? Nah. We raised you better than that."
"..."
"I can't believe you're laughing, Chance."
"See? This is why Dad is better. He laughs when I fail."
"Great. Now you got your father to start spazzing."
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Teaching Stupidity
Short Story❝Hello?❞ ❝Hey...is this Ana?❞ ❝...Maybe. Whom does it concern?❞ ❝She's my study partner?❞ ❝Uh...the phone is breaking up...crackle. Crackle. Can't hear you.❞ ❝...That wasn't even paper...❞ ❝CRACKLE. CRACKLE. CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. BYE.❞ In which a gi...
