Dale Doback's Two Step Brothers

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This is a story about two step brothers name Dale Doback and his step brother Brennen Huff let me tell you now they do not get along well with each other. They are always arguing with one another and their parents don’t like it one bit. The parents both agree that they are always fighting and breaking things.

Dale and his dad Robert grew up in this city called Chicago, Illinois. Dale was born on August 27, 1976 he is 31 years old his step brother Brennen was born in New York and his mother Nancy grew up in California. Robert and Nancy met at a store called Wal-Mart they started hanging out on Saturdays and Sunday because that’s when she did not have to work so he asked her on a date to the movies and she said sure. That's when everything

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