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I was satisfied to see his eyes go wide for a moment When heon the table, I said, “You sure you want to do that?”

At the sauard called out, “No contact!”

My father’s brittle eyes held uard who’d escorted me into the room “Sorry, Officer Phelps I’ve just really missed my boy, here”

Despite the silky smoothness of my father’s words, Officer Phelps didn’t relax his stance even a little When the big ain

That silent ave me this weird boost

Like theto do

I turned my attention back to my father

“Caleb,” he began, but I cut him off

“They gave me fifteen minutes with you, but I only need two… if even that”

My father’s htened a bit, but he remained silent

“I keep asking s he did to me and still claim to love me”

“Caleb, son, I didn’t do anything—”

“But earlier today when I was holding the little girl ill so that to er saw your son Because fathers don’t do that shit to their kids Period Monsters do, not fathers So I don’t know the exactmy father and beca your son It was thirty seconds ago when you walked through that door and I felt absolutely nothing for you Not fear, not love, not regret, not even hatred I ca at you now, I understand that to need closure gives you too much credit It means you still have some kind of hold on me”