Oh, crap. He let his mouth get away from him. He went a little wide-eyed as he tried to think how to backtrack. Outside of turning back time, which he couldn't do, his mind was giving him nothing. He spoke carefully.
"I get along well enough with Mary, Jacob, and Ryan. I lead the Imaginaut field team." Which he found to be he got it because no one wanted it or didn't want someone in particular to have it. He shifted a little in his seat.
"I... don't think your daughter considers me a brother." That was the politest way he could put it. It's what he felt since they... since the time he smashed a phone and got Alexa pregnant.
Though the tabloids was a topic change. He could go for talking about that. "Yes, I don't have a way to prove it, but a lot of insider tips about Alexa and my personal life end up in the tabloids. I'm positive it's not Jacob or Ryan. It would seem like a prankish sort of thing to do when you aren't the one having your personal life twisted and put out for public consumption."
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"I get along well enough with Mary, Jacob, and Ryan. I lead the Imaginaut field team." Which he found to be he got it because no one wanted it or didn't want someone in particular to have it. He shifted a little in his seat.
"I... don't think your daughter considers me a brother." That was the politest way he could put it. It's what he felt since they... since the time he smashed a phone and got Alexa pregnant.
Though the tabloids was a topic change. He could go for talking about that. "Yes, I don't have a way to prove it, but a lot of insider tips about Alexa and my personal life end up in the tabloids. I'm positive it's not Jacob or Ryan. It would seem like a prankish sort of thing to do when you aren't the one having your personal life twisted and put out for public consumption."