Instead, he leaned back and closed his eyes.
“I hate these pictures.”
“I understand.”
“No, you don’t.” He opened his eyes. “Every time I look at them, I remember that my parents’ marriage is really over. And now I have to accept that my best friend is dating my mother.”
I didn’t interrupt.
“But the part that makes me angriest,” he continued, “is that Dad is using my feelings to hurt her.”
I looked at him.
“What do you mean?”
Daniel pulled another sheet from the envelope.
It was a letter from Michael.
In it, Michael suggested that Daniel reconsider his relationship with Karen unless she ended her relationship with me.
The implication was clear: if Daniel continued supporting his mother, Michael would make their family conflict even more painful.
Daniel crumpled the letter in his fist.
“He wants me to choose.”
I shook my head.
“You shouldn’t have to.”
“But he keeps putting me in the middle.”
