"You are his guardian, but we are still his parents, Reed! I don't know what's gotten into you, but you will talk to me with a lot more respect! California was your idea and look how that turned out, now we're in an ICU because you couldn't keep a hand on him on the street!" Hunter shot back. "And putting money or time into him doesn't count for fuck all, he's not a fucking project, he's a person!"
Mari only wept. The fighting was too much, she wanted peace with her child, still terrified she could lose him.
"If he dies, should this be how we spend the last of his life together? Fighting over him? He'd be hurt to hear you both right now!" she said sternly.