"I'm not sayin' you should fuckin' ignore it," I say, rubbing a frustrated hand across my forehead.

"This isn't... I didn't mean to bring this shit up, I don't even... It's not like I think about it, Mike, I just... You should do this, with them. For them, and I get why she wants it to be you, but it can't be because you wanna have another fuckin' kid and you can't do it with me. Like, even a little bit. 'Cause that'd be seriously fucked up, man."