“You want to be treated like a father, step up and be one! I’m done with this shit. I knew that after Mom died, you’d need some leniency. I gave it to you. I gave it all to you! You got in deep, and I helped you stay above water. We did that because you’re all we have left, Dad. And because it’s what Mom would have wanted.” I paused a beat before I laid that last dig, the final blow to my dad’s soul. “This isn’t what mom would have wanted. Not you, not what I’m dealing with, and sure as fuck not what Lilah could be facing.
