Summary

In Chapter 22, Mack had expected Margot to hug him and accept his apology. Instead, she called him Mack and demanded to know why he was back. She informed him that he did not have the right to call himself her father.

Mack told Margot that leaving had made a mistake. He apologized. He explained he came back because he heard Lisa was sick and was worried about Margot and her sister, Helen.

Margot asked Mack if he had any idea how awful it had been for her to be abandoned by her father. She had loved and admired him. He promised her that he was not leaving again. He reminded her how badly her mother had treated him and how she had tried to ruin his reputation by making it appear he was a drunkard and terrible father. Margot agreed that her...