Smiley and Brandon's mother split when their son was a baby, and Brandon came to live with his dad in eighth grade. "He was the big brother, the caretaker," says Smiley. "When he got his driver's ...

“I don’t run away from being a father, and she’s not the type of mom who would keep a child from a dad.” Smiley recounted that he then stunned his family with the news at Brandon’s ...