Chapter 67 Playing Favorites

"Daddy." Gary tilted his head up. "Are you going to take a shower?" Lucas' gaze darkened slightly. "A shower?" Gary's big eyes were full of confusion. "Didn't you just hug Ms. Whitman?" His dad always took a shower after hugging him. Lucas looked down at himself, and a faint trace of her scent lingered on his clothes. Gary continued, "I don't have enough glue sticks for my hot glue gun. Can you buy me some more? I want to finish Ms. Whitman's gift this weekend." Lucas nodded. "I'll get them for you now." "Aren't you going to shower first?" "I'll shower when I get back." Lucas was growing more aware of something. He didn't actually mind the scent she left on him. But Gary wasn't happy about that. "That's not fair! You always shower right after hugging me. Daddy, are you playing favorites?" He huffed, then waved it off. "Forget it. For Ms. Whitman's sake, I'll let it slide." He didn't have time to dwell on it anyway. He had more important things to do. With that, he ran upst