"That prolly is a mental illness." Rez sort of laughed, thinking back on that time with a bit of a frown. That girl really was kinda nuts. But he'd loved her though. She was... you know, she was River. And she'd had his son even if he hadn't known about it for most of the little boy's life. "I don't think I should call it. I don't think it'd be good for her if I did." It might set her back if she knew where he was so it was probably best that she didn't.
The way that she explained it sort of made sense. She knew that Rez had a serious thing for Riley, and vice versa. And Riley was, for the most part, a good man. He'd be a good, stable parent if it came down to it but... He shook his head. "So why didn't you send the papers back in?" He didn't even know he was going to ask that until he did. "You didn't want him?" Of course that was the initial conclusion that he would jump to.