Child support payments and birthday cards in the mail were all David had known of his father for the first ten years of his life, and he'd told me that wasn't going to change anytime soon.

"It has gotten better, however," I responded. "You two are becoming closer. "Do you remember how it felt the first time I came over?"

David had only been living with his father for a few weeks, but the tension was palpable. I hadn't been introduced by David. I'd barely gotten a glance at Dr.Jonson before David hurried me down the stairs to the basement. It would be a month before I had my first...