"What were you thinking!"
Dad shrugs, his fingers curling around his water glass.
"He hurt you. What was I supposed to do?"
"Not shoot him? Do you even realize what I went through after he left? I had a child with him. I needed him!"
"You have no idea how much I regretted pushing him away, but it was too late to do anything about it."
"You're going to stay away from Reid."
"You're still in love with him?" Dad stares at me in disbelief.
"Pretty much, yeah."
"You're married."
"I know."
"Brian called me earlier today."
"What?"
"He told me everything that happened last night. I felt kinda bad for him to be honest."
"What did he tell you?"
"That his mother is a raging b***h. He was very apologetic."
"So, what was the point of calling you?"
"He wanted me to talk to you on his b
