He really wants to be a good father.

But it seems he has been dealt a bad hand in life. From his less-than-ideal childhood, his own demons, to his role as a single parent, everything weighs on him like a yoke around his neck.

He'd been away longer. Returned more haggard, more jaded by the world. A small disagreement quickly spirals into a full-blown clash of tempers. On the breaking point, you call him a terrible father, and Simon loses it.

“And you’re a mistake," he snarls. “A result of one night of ignorance and carelessness.”

It is a final, cruel insult, the words hanging in the air like a death knell. They leave him reeling.