In honor of Father's Day

Here is a small scene between Beau and Blake in honor of Father's Day this weekend. It is unedited and may change before publishing.

“Since when do you not eat cheese on your noodles?” Beau asked as he stepped away from the sink. “You love cheese.”
“Mattie says cheese is bad for you,” Blake replied, looking down at his feet. “She picked it off my sandwich yesterday and today.”
“You let someone touched your sandwich?” ...
His son was picky about people touching his food, so it was crazy that Blake let a girl touch his food.
“Well she wanted to trade, but she didn’t like the cheese with the ham,” Blake said.
Beau shook his head as he reached past his son into the fridge for the cheese. “Did you eat the sandwich after she picked the cheese off?”
“Ugh, no. A girl touched it,” Blake said.
There was the boy, Beau knew so well.
“Then what did you eat?” Beau asked as he pulled the cheese out and shut the fridge. “I didn’t pack you anything else but some chips.”
“Ms. Perez let me go through the lunch line. It was pizza day,” Blake said.
The little boy was leaning against the counter as Beau transferred the noodles into a bowl.
“Was there money on your account?”
Blake shrugged.