himself.
Therapy.
Counseling.
Whatever it took.
But he was not allowed to make his sons responsible for his unhappiness.
After that night, I stopped trying to understand Daniel for him.
That was no longer my job.
Daniel eventually began seeing the boys regularly.
Every other weekend.
Wednesday dinners.
At first, the younger boys waited at the window for him.
Elliot was different.
He never refused to see his father.
But he stopped making things easy.
If Daniel arrived late, Elliot told him exactly how late.
If Daniel canceled, Elliot didn’t
