I Showed Up Unannounced On Christmas Eve And Found My Son Scrubbing Floors While Other Kids Opened Gifts. I Took Him And Left — And The Calls Started Three Days Later.

even talking to me? On Christmas? What kind of person does that? Please, we can fix this, just call me back.”

I listened to three of them and then deleted the rest.

Patricia Chen had called too, but hers was the only voicemail I returned.

“Frank,” she said when she answered. “I got your email. And I have to tell you, in twenty years of family law, I’ve continue reading …