#Chapter264
/"I can’t imagine watching your siblings being loved while she was being cold to you, that’s horrible. It’s a form of cruelty that is just unfathomable to me./" I blurt out, my heart already aching for a little kid who was shunned for being the naughty one. I guess also having a mother who was cruel I can relate to him in that way. See the abuse, even if his mother never delivered punches and blows as mine did. She fucked him up just the same. Denied him the basics that a child needs—a mother’s unconditional love.
/"It wasn’t her fault I was the way I was. It wasn’t until I was around nine they finally figured out I have ADHD, and back then I had something called ODD, or Conduct disorder … which pretty much means I had a reason for being a bad kid; my shrink told me parental rejection exacerbated the disorder into a much more serious issue. I was pushed away for being bad and it made me worse on so many levels. Ironic really./"
