Chapter 16
"Emma, I promise, no matter what happens between Mommy and me, I will NEVER leave you again. Even if we don't agree, even if we live in different places, I'll always be your dad, and I'll always wanna be with you."
She looked right at me, checking to see if I meant it.
"Okay," she said. "I believe you. But Daddy?"
"Yeah?"
"I think you gotta say sorry to Mommy. Like, with flowers and a speech, maybe a song. She's been sad about you for a long time."
My five-year-old was giving me relationship advice about her own mother. I wanted to both laugh and cry.
"Good advice," I said. "Any other ideas on how to fix things?"
Emma smiled, happy to help. "Her favorite flowers are white roses, not red ones. Red roses make her think sad stuff. And she likes you to see the little things,
