"No, no, it's okay," Beverly says with a quick shake of her head, bending her own legs off to her side. It buys her a moment's time to try to figure out how to answer, at least. On one hand, with everything he's told her, it wouldn't seem entirely right to dodge this subject now. He might not be demanding any information, but if anything, the lack of expectation makes her feel all the more like she could be honest with him. On the other, it's a weighty thing, and she doesn't want to scare him off when they've barely dated. Maybe it wouldn't matter, or maybe it would.

She settles for what she thinks might be a reasonable middle ground, at least for now. "He wasn't. A good dad. At all. That's kind of been one of the best things about being here, actually."