What do you say to a young boy who misses his Dad

Hi all. I just thought I would post here about this. This morning my son said to me, Mommy I really miss daddy now and I would like him to come back. Problem is his father is a very nasty nasty man. We have been separated for the second time now almost a year. I am so done with him. My son has had to go through counselling among other coping strategies. The last thing I want is for him having contact with his father. It will only be ok for when he is much older. My son suffered a lot of psychological issues from the sustained physical, verbal, emotional abuse from his father. Problem is that my son has pretty much forgotten all that now and all he remembers is someone who bought him lots of toys. He is completely re-writing history. I have briefly told him again why it happened. I realise that what he really misses is a father figure in his life. I do not have anyone at the moment to play that role but am hoping soon that the situation will change and he will have more role models in his life. Real positive role models. Not someone that is so wrong on all levels like his father. I intend to have a small conversation with him again on this later on. I am wondering will he ever come around to truly understanding that his father was not a good person at all? Thank you in advance for all your responses and support.

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