When I hang up, Leo pulls me in tight. “So there’s no chance he’s going to follow through and show up?” “I would drop dead of shock if he knocked on the door. Let me put it this way: Ben always does what he wants to do. If he wants something, he buys it. If he wants to leave, he goes. If he wanted to see the kids, he would have been here months ago.” “Just do me a favor. Let me answer the door if he ever knocks,” Leo says.
