“I never wanted any of this for you. Or your brother or your sister. But I brought it to you. Somebody else might have pulled the trigger, but I did this. I gotta own that. I hope someday you’ll know how sorry I am. No matter how things go today, I don’t think I’m ever going to see you again, Stink. So, I wanna tell you I love you. A father who really loves his children doesn’t do anything to hurt them. He doesn’t put them in harm’s way. Not on purpose. He ain’t an outlaw or a gangsta. It done took me a long time to realize that,”
