After George repeatedly sided with Olivia, my heart turned to stone, and I treated him as if he were no longer my child.

But the father and son didn't share that sentiment.

They tried to barge into the tranquil life I had so painstakingly rebuilt, attempting to rekindle the love I had long since exhausted for them.

Alexander sent George to Daisy's kindergarten.

Every time I went to pick up Daisy, it was either George or the pair of them trailing behind me.

They maintained a distance from me, not too close, not too far.

It wasn't that they didn't want to approach and talk; I simply never gave them...