Chap 3
She ran to her husband when she saw him cowering in a corner, and comforted him the way she would her children. When he finally looked up at her, she saw the deepness of the pain in his eyes and heard his confession about fucking up. She was confused and scared about what happened while she was at the hospital.
She listened silently to his complete confession and did not at first know how to react. Her first response was fear, how could he hit his own child? He was so careful with his children not wanting to damage them the way he had been. Her next thought was pity. She knew about his terrible childhood and figured that the response from his father for the same actions would be much worse then what Ryan had done.
She then told him that depriving their children of their loving father would be worse abuse then his one mistake. She carefully suggested they look into some family therapy . She knew the Kirsten and Sandy had tried to convince him to go to therapy after he returned from Chino after "the Teresa incident" as she had always heard it called at the Cohens call it. She also new that he vehemently refused, the only time he ever refused them a serious request.
She told him that therapy would help him be the Daddy he wanted to be, the Daddy he could be with his children. It would help him deal with his issues of abuse, neglect and abandonment. She told him she didn't know what else to do besides therapy. She loved him, the kids loved him, she didn't want him to leave. She also didn't want her and her kids walking on eggshells afraid that his childhood would come back to haunt all of them.