“Your Mum knew?” he asks, sounding more than a little surprised, making me wonder if he lived in his own little world sometimes. So busy with his own commitments to his work? Or did he just block out his own failings? I was sure I had gone to both my parents over the years about the struggles I had faced. Yes, more so my Mum, because she was the one at home more frequently. But, that was purely because my Dad had a lot of responsibilities in his role as Beta and was in the office a lot. It was no fault of his own, it was a part of his job, and we had accepted that. So, much of the parental responsibilities fell to Mum. But, could he really have been so naïve about all of this?
“Yeah, but she told me I had to try harder to fit in Dad. Why do you think I avoided the events so much? It was
