Robert's expression flickered for a moment before he righteously declared, "What the heck are you talking about? Are you trying to stir up trouble in the family again?"

I acted as if I hadn't heard him and continued, "It's not just that she doesn't like me, you actually dislike me quite a bit too, right? But I know you're my biological father. I just can't grasp why a father would despise his own child. Could it be that my birth mother and you have some grudge?"

"Enough!" Robert ...