Shouldn't…but Do

From: Ground Level, October 10

“Even without more physical violence, my oldest child is close to deciding, given more required time with his dad, that he would take the younger one’s hand and walk out the door, leaving them on the road somewhere between here and there.”

Last evening, I dropped my children off for dinner with the Confused Soul. Some bit later,  my oldest called, they were on the road, could I come get them?

I retrieved them, talked to them, returned them to his house with no further incident that evening.  The Confused Soul called and yelled at me until I pushed “End.”

I wish I could push “End.”