He didn’t begrudge his sisters or mom anything. Abe loved being the man in the family. He’d never really known his father. Even though Susie was nine years younger than him, his dad hadn’t been around much. There was a reason, but it wasn’t one he liked to think about.
His dad would be around for a while, then he’d be gone for a month or more. When he’d come back his mom hadn’t seemed to care. Abe wasn’t even really sure what he’d done for a living. A part of him felt bad about that.
All he knew was when he was eleven his mom took him aside and told him his dad had passed away. He tried not to think about what his dad had done to his mom…and him. He knew his father’s actions were why he was the way he was today and Abe figured some psychologist would have a field day analyzing him and hi
