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Last week, things escalated. Tyler spilled an entire container of strawberry yogurt onto my laptop keyboard while I was in the bathroom. The keys stopped working.
Strawberry goop seeped between the letters. I had to use my phone to finish a project that was due that afternoon.
“What happened here?” I asked, staring at the damage.
Marcus looked proud.
“I made art! Auntie said she likes color.”
“When did I say that?”
“You wear colorful shirts.”
I couldn’t even argue with six-year-old logic.
The next morning, I missed a crucial call with a potential client because Tyler was having a meltdown over the “wrong” cup. He wanted the blue one.
I’d given him the green one. Apparently, this was an unforgivable offense that required 20 minutes of screaming.
That account would’ve been worth $2,000.
That evening, I confronted Daphna when she came to collect the boys.
“We need to talk,” I said, blocking the doorway.
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