“I don’t want another explanation about how you thought everything would work out.

I want you to follow the agreement and respect what Melissa and Ava ask of you.”

Calvin nodded.

“I will.”

I didn’t know whether our relationship would ever return to what it had been.

For fourteen years, I’d treated him as a son.

Now I had to recognize that someone could care deeply for his family and still make choices that hurt them.

I wasn’t prepared to dismiss every good thing Calvin had done.