Chapter 169

The fight started over cardboard.

Not toys.

Not screen time.

Not whose turn it was to choose the movie.

Cardboard.

Specifically, a very large cardboard box that had once held a new bookshelf.

To adults, it was packaging.

To children, it was potential.

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Daniel dragged the box into the living room after finishing the assembly.

“I’m throwing this out later,” he said casually.

Alex’s eyes widened instantly.

“No!”

The older one looked up from their ...