Do you understand what it took to get her to stop asking?

“So no.

Not once a month, not with a counselor, not at Christmas.

If you want to do something for them, put money in an account and don’t put your name on it.

“And Maren — if you show up at that school, I will call the police, and I will tell them you’ve had no contact for three years and no order, and they will believe me, because it’s true.”

She stood in a parking lot and did not say anything for a while.