I woke up with a zeal to confront Leslie. She had no right breaking into my house and causing a scene. She had done enough of that throughout our co-parenting life and I wasn't about to allow it to stretch to my future life

“What did you expect me to do when I got wind of you spending time with that peasant? You should be sacrificing that for us,” she hollered, poking her fingers on my chest.

Ignoring her name-calling at Shannon, I shoved her hand away from me and said, “You lost the chance to earn sacrifices from me. Were it not for Claire, I would never have let...