You could maybe change “They wouldn’t say where you were” to “They didn’t know where you were”.
A bit goofy to forget even where they left the kid? Maybe, but it’d keep the scumbag aspect in.
You could maybe change “They wouldn’t say where you were” to “They didn’t know where you were”.
A bit goofy to forget even where they left the kid? Maybe, but it’d keep the scumbag aspect in.