He understood why Jennifer had kept it secret from him—which made it even stupider for him to not spend time with Zoe—after all, she was his daughter and he wanted to be a part of her life. But Jesus...it wasn’t like the kid even knew who he was. And so, in spite of the fact that he understood Jennifer’s hesitation about telling him, he was pissed off and disappointed, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He’d missed the child’s first word and first steps, for Christ’s sake. He had no idea how many other firsts he’d missed with the child—and he could never get those back. He sat in Dr. Harvey’s office the next week trying to articulate all the emotions bubbling up inside him that simply couldn’t be contained anymore. The man had started by asking Zane how the last few days had been (something he did at the beginning of every visit), and Zane hadn’t stopped spewing since. “So, yeah—I get why she did it. I understand. But she never even gave me a chance to step up. Maybe if she’d told me, I would have straightened out my shit sooner.”
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