Father's Day: A Slap In Public

y means family, gift

foundations, but my relationship

not just with a gift, but to retrieve my mothe

inside, a call shatt

ew, live-in girlfriend, wa

was hers, a "payment"

hed him, only sighed-that fami

me to calm down, and r

Olivia. Let' s not fi

few days later, at my daughter Li

d a public attack, accusing me of trying

nd whispers, painting me as the

y leg, Brenda threw herself to the gr

strike, but my husba

renda grabbed my ankle, shriekin

my fathe

ing he would stop th

enda' s side, asking, "

with disappointmen

ou do this to Brenda?

In front of

g to his arm, cooed, "Tell her, darling,

at me, his face h

ivia," he declared. "She' s my

n mother' s watch, a we

you want to remain my daughter, you will respect

sider yourself disowned," he paused, letti

ar calm set

thing left t

ened my banking app, and

is it worth

want for it? Name a price.

as Brenda whispered

nd dollars,"

nfirmation screen. "For my own moth

sion, the pretense

r made h

time for me