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Let me tell you a story.
Well, it's not really a story. It's reality. My people always don't get the benefit of storybook endings.
If I had a storybook ending, it would probably go something like this: my mother and father would have stayed happily married; I never would have had to hide behind the couch as my father beat my mother. My father would have been a presence in my life instead of the evil dream mage he became, tricking people into harm by creating nightmares. He wouldn't have gotten fifteen years in prison for mental manipulation, and maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't have hung himself in jail.
And if we’re talking about true storybooks, let's talk about my mom, who fell into drugs because there was no other way to cope on the street. If life had been a storybook, she wouldn
