The look on his face took the rest of her lecture and tossed it out the window. Hopefully there was room somewhere for her to sit, because now she needed to.

"I don't see how you could forget or pretend; I mean, he's your dad! The fact that you even thought about doing something like that just means you really do care about him." She sighed. "Maybe the doing nothing part is what you can change? Have you asked anyone if it would be possible to visit him? Is there anyone that's got enough power to let you at least get in to see him?"