I remarried when my daughter was 15. She said, “It’s me or your new family!” She put my wife’s pregnancy at risk, so, I had to keep her far. Now at 25, she’s never let me see my grandson, 7. Yesterday, she agreed.

I spent a day with him while she ‘went to work’. At night, I came home and froze when I saw the house empty -my wife and son’s belongings were gone. As I searched for my phone, I got a terrorizing call from my crying wife. Turns out my daughter was at our house instead of work. My wife shouted, “I told you she’d never change! She came today, fought with me, and said she’d take you away from us- just like I took you from her! If you reconnect with her, you’ll lose us forever!” My stomach churned. My daughter didn’t want to reconcile, she was plotting to destroy my family, even after all these years. Now I’m shattered and torn. I don’t want to lose my family, but I also want to be part of my grandson’s life.

Ethan