Noelle
Sometimes I made the mistake of assuming that Robert was just like my father. But when I really took time to watch him interact with his son, I realized that they were nothing alike. Robert wanted to be close to his son, it was only that sometimes he was clumsy about it, or he lacked the knowledge or confidence.
My father, on the other hand, wanted nothing to do with me at all. I was a responsibility he had to own up to. A burden he had to carry until he got me through school and sent me off to navigate adulthood. I hadn’t even spoken to him in over a year.
No, Robert wasn’t like my father. I could clearly see that Robert loved Trevor. He just didn’t always go about it in the best way.
I really did understand why Robert needed a full time Nanny. He was a single father in a new
