what you didn’t know was what I’d done to get that child for you. You had no idea. You had no idea that my life was not a life, not in any real sense of the word, and that the only thing that lit the path for me was you, Floyd. And if you had full custody of Poppy then, really, what was the use of me? You’d have no reason to see me any more. You’d have no reason to keep me on side. I couldn’t let you take Poppy. She was my ticket to you. We started that conversation like adults and finished it in a red heat. I knew then that you wouldn’t let it go. And a few weeks later you found your moment
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