He Told Three Different Lies So No One Would Check on My Son. Then His Own Children Found the Note on the Fridge

He learned to need nothing from you, because needing things from you never once worked.”

“You can’t keep a tally of every little — ”

“I didn’t keep a tally.

That was my mistake, not keeping one.”

He rejected the calls, I reminded him.

He’d said the beach was loud.

“You pressed the button, Declan.

Twice.