Dinner was nice, but I feel bad for barely eating. I can tell Carson put a lot of work into it, and I barely even touched it.

There was steak, sausage, hamburgers, mashed potatoes, corn, salad, and even grilled vegetable skewers. I took a burger and a bit of everything else but ended up kind of just moving all the items around on my plate to try and hide the fact that I hadn’t touched any of them.

And why not? Because the last thing I felt like doing was eating. I was hungry when I showed up, but after being introduced to Keith, my new step-brother, everything changed.

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