“I’ll lose this rental without his income, Michael.”

Michael picked up the second heavy box.

It held Noah’s favorite animal storybooks, his forty-five-dollar blue plastic booster seat and a plastic bag of wooden blocks.

“You knew about the reckless endangerment charge before he ever moved his clothes in,” Michael said.

Lena quit spinning the silver wedding band.

“He swore it was just a misunderstanding with an old girlfriend,” Lena said.

“You knew he was dangerous, and you left him alone with my son anyway,” Michael said.