“Don’t give me that bullshit story about wanting to be here for Abby. You don’t give a goddamned fuck about that precious little girl, so, for once in your fucking life, tell me the truth.”

His jaw hurt from the way he clenched it and his knuckles were white from the tightness of his fist. The woman sitting across from him had screwed with his life once and he’d be damned if he’d let her do it again.

“I was wrong, okay?” she said with a petulant sigh. “I was ...