“discussion. “I, for one, know that I told you Eric was a no-good bastard,” she said, referring to my sperm donor because I refused to acknowledge him as my father. “But you were head over heels in love. Hardheaded. Couldn’t tell you shit. I hate you had to learn the hard way, and my babies had to suffer. But don’t put it in her head that all men are the same, Alicia. There are good ones out there. Don’t project your fears onto her. Love finds people in the most untraditional ways. That man could very well be her husband.”