In the bedtime story we are reading, the author mentions that the parents of one of the characters are divorced:
Dean: So if they got divorced, who kept Max-Ernest?
Mommy: They probably have shared custody. That’s how it worked when I was a kid. I lived with my Mommy and visited my Daddy every other weekend.
Dean: Can we not talk about this? It’s making me sad.
Mommy: Well, you brought it up, but sure.
Dean: Do you want to know why it’s making me sad?
Mommy: Of course, buddy. Why is this making you sad?
Dean: Because I have always wanted to meet your dad [breath] and it makes me sad that I can’t [breath] and thinking about being sad makes me want to cry [breath] and that’s why I just don’t like talking about it [breath]. Also, you have a hole in your shirt.
