<span style="color: #99ff99">“Surely you realize that there’s quite a bit of room between ‘not talking to one man’ and ‘death’ right? I’m not trying to argue or defend anyone but I’m just not sure I fully understand. He treats you horribly and you’re rightfully fed up with that. I understand and agree with you there. But he loves my daughters and their siblings and has been nothing but a saint to them. And so you’re telling me that if I let the children spend time with him at all you’ll exile me from your life? Even if you’re not involved in the play date at all?”</span>She frowned and shook her head.<span style="color: #99ff99">“If I leave you’ll just come back to an empty cave. But I’m just having a hard time wrapping my mind around this bombshell you dropped on me.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>