The dinner table was set and Katie was having a discussion with his dad. Robert plunked down and Carmen grinned at him. It finally hit him, she realized he snapped off in the restroom. All the humiliation he would have felt, if she hadn't sat on him, made his cheeks warm. He wanted to eat in his room.

Katie sounded disheartened that his father planned to miss her next game, however Robert didn't think she really did have those concerns. He thought she assumed the part of good little girl to fulfill her mom. She likely needed to know who her genuine dad was, but no one at any point...