Well, I think I need to confront my inner skeptic.
I was wrong about some things, but not without good reason. I assumed that my stepmom was attempting to push me out of my Dad's life again (or vice versa).
If he was attempting to manipulate me in this way by his silence. . . .I don't know. It has left me very confused. Maybe he was manipulating me by making me thinking he would ostracize me without actually saying it. Maybe his contacting me is manipulating me into believing he won't ostracize me again. All I can do is predict his future behaviors based on his past behaviors and take his personality into account. I'll rely on my therapist's final opinion on that note.
I just have to try to be cautious because my intuitiveness at times sometimes borders on being overly suspicious. He just hasn't proven himself trustworthy. . . .it's as simple as that. At the end of the day, I just don't believe that it's safe to form a deep emotional attachment to him. Or maybe any emotional attachment at all. I just don't see how that's possible.
How to think like a sociopath.