My Son Warned Me About His Father’s Girlfriend So I Canceled My Flight And Stayed Home

building the record in real time.

“Are you suggesting I’m unstable?” I asked.

“I’m suggesting you need support.”

I pressed record on my phone while it sat face down on the counter, a thing I had done the moment I heard the front door open the second time.

We went back and forth for a few minutes, his voice calm and clinical, mine quiet enough that a transcript continue reading …