“She says she needs a fresh start. But he’s my son!”
George knew he had to step in.
“Go talk to her. Be calm. Tell her how much he needs his father.”
Mike looked defeated. A few days later, he brought Danny over. The boy was cheerful, but Mike was a ball of nerves.
“I talked to her. she agreed to stay if we can find a way to co-parent without the constant fighting.”
“Can you do that?”
“I don’t know.”
It was a struggle. But things took a turn for the worse. Mike showed up at George’s door in the middle of the night.
“Dad, I don’t know what to do. She’s filing for full custody so she can move.”
“A court battle will destroy that boy, Mike. Are you sure there’s no other way?”
Mike didn’t answer.
The next day, Danny asked George, “Grandpa, Mom says we’re moving to California. Is that true? I don’t want to go!”
George held the crying boy.
“I’ll be right here for you,” he promised.
George decided to take matters into his own hands. He drove to Mike’s house to see Sarah. She was surprised to see him.
“We need to talk. Think about Danny,” he said firmly.
“I am thinking about him. He needs a home without all this tension,” she countered.
“Taking him away from his father and his grandfather isn’t the answer. Talk to Mike again. Really talk.”
That evening, Mike called. Sarah had agreed to mediation. But the following weeks were a rollercoaster of hope and arguments. Mike was losing steam.
“Dad, I think it’s over. We’re just too different.”
“You have to know you did everything you could,” George told him.
One day, Danny asked, “Grandpa, do you think things will ever be like they were?”
“Life changes, kiddo. We just have to change with it.”
“I hate change.”
A few days later, Sarah gave an ultimatum: “I’m done. We’re leaving.”
Mike came to George, broken.
“This is it, Dad.”
The next day, Sarah came to pick up Danny’s things. The boy was hysterical, clinging to George’s arm.
“I’m not going!…”
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