Perhaps he senses you and the kids slipping away at the same time as he and his current amour are having difficulties.
Perhaps he's trying to pull you back in to his orbit (?)
I don't know. Sometimes it may be best to just accept the what and not try to understand the why.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells