The Battleground

📍 Chapter 4 of Gina's story (Episode 9). New here? Start at Episode 1 → https://daddy-tissues.captivate.fm/episode/im-fcking-doing-this
This is the chapter I almost didn't tell.
Last chapter ended on a normal fall night in Northeast Philly — leaves in the orange pumpkin bags, mac and cheese on the stove, a kiss on my son's head before I left for the gym. And then my phone rang. My actual next-door neighbor, completely out of breath: "Your son got hit by a car."
I thought he was messing with me. He wasn't. And when I asked "Is he okay?" — over and over — he wouldn't answer me. There is no way…