Yoshi Cut

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* 5 years later

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“Jaxson!” Denise descended the stairs like a bull, her black hair in a messy bundle at the top of her head and her nostrils flaring. She rounded the corner and as soon as her eyes landed on Jack who was doing a very poor job hiding behind the counter, her body instantly lunged, fingers gripping his ear and twisting as hard as she could. He squealed as soon as she caught him, his hands flying up in surrender. “W-Wait. WAIT! Ow!”

“Jack, I told you not to let him out of your sight!”

“And I didn’t, I swear! I had eyes on him the whole time!”

“You’re telling me Josh’s mom allowed a twenty eight year old, big ass dude to join a kid’s sleepover?”

He shrugged. “Why not? She thinks I’m adorable. She’s even convinced I’m in my teens.”

Denise glared at him. Her fingers twisted his ear a little harder before finally letting go with a click of her tongue. “You’re a pretty shitty baby-sitter. Remind me not to leave Trey alone with you again.”

“You don’t me