"Y’know what he told me? He told me he'd like to see his two parents together," he said, with hard emphasis on "together". Your son definitely didn't say that and he surely didn't just try to use him to manipulate you.

"I don't know, maybe he’s right." He shrugged acting disinterested, his way of persuading you. Toji couldn’t find another way to get you back other than using what still bound you two together, what allowed him to see you every two weeks, to coax you into getting back with him.