But wasn't Edwin also pitiful?

Edwin was old enough to go to school. But Mark hardly spent any time with his own son.

Her finger pointing at him, Zoey snapped, “Why did you come back here? You obviously don't care about your wife and son, or even your family's dignity. So why did you still come back home?"

Mark gently laid Laura down on the sofa, before he went to the head of Zoey's bed and knelt down.

He didn't say anything to defend himself, because he knew he had failed to do right by Cecilia and had let her down.