Gordon’s attempt to rebuild his relationship with Paige began awkwardly.

He invited her and Daniel to dinner, then spent half the meal explaining how unfair the divorce had been.

Paige quietly told him she would leave if he kept speaking about me that way.

He changed the subject, but it was clear he resented the boundary.

Afterward Paige called me in frustration.

“He says he wants to be close, but then everything becomes a complaint about you.”

“You don’t have to attend every argument he invites you into.”