Chapter 7: Darren
I exploded.
“You abandoned me!”
Mason jumped.
“You abandoned your daughter! And now you hire some teenage boy to manipulate her into meeting you?”
Darren held up his hands.
“I didn’t hire him exactly.”
“That makes it better?”
His face twisted.
“I just wanted a chance to talk to her.”
I stared at him in disbelief.
For years he had ignored birthdays.
Ignored holidays.
Ignored every opportunity to be a father.
And now he had decided to ambush our daughter at prom.
“I have money now,” he said desperately. “I can help. I can make things right.”
I laughed.
The sound was not pleasant.
“You think this is making things right?”
He lowered his eyes.
Then a thought suddenly occurred to me.
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