hi okay basically him and his teenage gf had her when they were like 17. he went to school, her mom would have been working in food service or retail or something. the stress got to be too much and when he graduated college he left them. they obviously divorced after a lot of terrible fighting. he was kind of a shitty dad who only called a few times a year, maybe visited every couple years, sent presents that obviously showed he didn't know her at all, etc. then i was thinking something dramatic happened (up to her player clearly) and she had nowhere else to go so she has to come stay with him in colorado, which means they can argue a lot and try to figure their stuff out together.