Under normal circumstances, it is completely fair to say that cutting off a parent, especially an older one who will need help soon, is a brutal, last‑resort choice. Loyalty to family is not something to toss away lightly, and most people could reasonably argue that complicating care for an aging parent is the wrong call. But this is not a normal situation, and that is the whole point. Because this is not a story about plants. It is a story about what happens when someone finally stops confusing having a father with having a saint