“And now you are experiencing the consequences as an adult.

That is not cruelty, Luca.

That is simply what it is to be grown.

My children are safe.

They are happy.

They are thriving, in a home where no one threatens their security or lies to them about their own reality, where no one packs their mother’s bags on the porch or teaches them that love is a thing that can be withdrawn the moment someone more useful comes along.

That is the home they live in now.