She rolled her eyes when she spotted the chicken bones and perched her cute little ass on the end of the picnic table. 'Yup,' Haley said, walking past him to grab a cold soda from the cooler. Not only had they conned the soft hearted Mitch out of delicious baked goods that were meant for him, but they failed to give him his customary cut of the action, fifty percent. He ignored them as he turned a glare in the direction his children headed off to. 'They what?' he yelled, causing everyone around them to jump. 'Those poor things conned Mitch out the two plates of peanut butter cup bars that Mary made, twenty minutes ago,' Haley informed him, chuckling. The poor things were barely able to move from hunger,' he said, trying to look and sound innocent as he shifted closer to the grill so that she wouldn't see the plate of chicken bones he forgot to hide. 'But they were starving, my little grasshopper. Haley's lips twitched as she said, 'Between you, the kids, and your father, I don't think there will be enough food for everyone.' 'They're my cupcakes, you greedy bastards!' they heard his father yell from the kitchen. 'I love you?' Jason said, trying not to laugh as Haley tried to look stern and failed miserably. Haley simply stared at him, pushing her glasses back up her nose with one finger. Jason gave Haley the grin that still got him out of parking tickets and unlimited free samples at the grocery store. His mother let out a long suffering sigh as she walked over to the table and picked up the small box of baby wipes and three juice boxes from one of the large coolers and headed for the woods. 'No, of course not-run kids! Run!' Jason yelled even as Cole took off towards the woods with his brother and sister hot on his heels. 'Please tell me you're not already sneaking food,' his little grasshopper said on a tired sigh. They all swallowed noticeably when they spotted Haley standing next to his mother with her arms crossed over her chest and her cute little brows arched. 'Jason Bradford!' his mother said, drawing their attention towards the house.

'Pick a better spot this time,' Jason warned his son. Then again he wouldn't have been caught if the kids hadn't rated his ass out. Haley would have probably bought the story if Elizabeth and Joshua hadn't been covered from head to toe in chocolate frosting. The last time they snuck food at a party, Cole innocently denied eating the double chocolate birthday cake.

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