For the love of God, just leave it. You don’t know what kind of man this deadbeat is (or was). He could have been a drug dealer or an abuser. He could have been a charming but irascible wandering musician or a tattooed carney. Saints preserve us, he could have been Boris Johnson. How would that knowledge sit with you, knowing Boris Johnson was your father?
For the love of God, just leave it. You don’t know what kind of man this deadbeat is (or was). He could have been a drug dealer or an abuser. He could have been a charming but irascible wandering musician or a tattooed carney. Saints preserve us, he could have been Boris Johnson. How would that knowledge sit with you, knowing Boris Johnson was your father?
Let sleeping dogs lie.