Maybe in your mind you think you are changing. And only changing what you feel needs to be changed. If she does confront issues she has with you and is aggresive in doing so then she goes to jail. Who wouldn't avoid that.
Perhaps she has issues with her father that you don't know about. Perhaps he has never appologized for walking out on them. Some people have a hard time forgiving if someone hasn't even asked for forgivness. Perhaps she has strong morals that what he did was wrong.
