[Blood of Tyrants]

Fatherhood is more than a paycheck sent back home once a week.

[FITZ]

Yes --- and very often the paycheck quits being sent back --- absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder. Around here it's not hard to see some of these women --- they'll tell you that first they had money being sent back, then they never heard from the father of their kids again, then they packed up, left their kids themselves and headed over the border to become maids and nannies --- taking care of other people's kids --- and their own kids ended up with no parent.