RAFAEL

Don't blame me for getting so upset. For losing my cool. For making sure Derrick stays away from Lila.

She'll see him again, sure. Eventually.

But not right now. Not when I'm still raging. Not when I'm still trying to swallow the taste of betrayal stuck at the back of my throat.

He's been shaking since we get back.

Hours have passed, and he hasn't stopped.

And truth is... I don't know how to calm him.

Hell, I don't even know how to talk to him.

How do I explain to a seven-year-old boy that I'm his father? The father he never knows he has.

The one he is...