I looked at him as he kept trying to prove a point and I was totally disgusted.

“Just listen to me Emily,” he pleaded. “I didn’t want a child then— I wasn’t ready but I’m ready to take full responsibility now. I want you.”

“Can you fucking hear yourself?” There was no way he was expectation that to sound okay to me. He didn’t want me when I was a child and all of a sudden be wanted me back.

“I’m going to report you to the corps and I’ll make sure you rot in jail. I’ll tell the lies I can, I’ll tell them you assaulted me, you kidnapped...