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</div>His dad looked wrecked. That mergers and acquisitions long frustrating board meetings kind of wrecked. It was rare to see that kind of weariness on his dad's face and Roman instantly felt bad for him. The hug was equally rare, he spent the better part of his teen and young adult years living in a fantasy that his dad didn't give a shit about him and that his brother and sister were all that mattered to the man. His mom had always tried to tell him that it simply wasn't true, that their father believed that both he and Ray were equally talented and driven, just in different ways.<br/><br/>But Roman wasn't able to see it. He was stubborn and moody and could only see the distance between him and his dad that wasn't there between his dad and his brother. He chased his own dream and let the distance grow while he sought to hide his pedigree so, one day when he finally took the mound under the stadium lights and rocketed that first blazing four-seam straight down through the zone, he would know it was all done on his own merit and hard work and not on the back of Hale dollars. He was a lot like his dad after all. Ambitious. Driven. Taking all the risks to achieve his goal and succeed against the odds.<br/><br/>He joined his dad in the embrace.<br/><br/>"Looks like it's been a long day," he took a seat across from where his dad had been sitting. "I just got done with practice, so I stopped by...I just um...It was weird, I saw Alvaro out on the law with Rebel and Dan," he found his thoughts coming out much less coherently than had expected they'd be. "I know there was a meeting this morning, what's going on?"<br/><br/>Looking at the mood his dad was in, he wasn't sure if he really wanted to know.