Okay this is awkward. I had told Ruth about that rat bas*ard being abusive before but never did I explain it to her the severity of it. As I told her about how he would beat mom and how dad, who at the time was just a friend of mom who owned the bakery near where my mom worked part time at the florist shop, helped her out of it.
“The final straw for mom was when he threw 4 months old Theo at the wall just because mom didn’t have any money to feed his alcohol addiction.” Her hand flew to cover her mouth as Ruth continued to sob listening to my story. It was very uncomfortable for me to continue with the story, with her sobbing it felt like I was doing this for sympathy points. Which I am not, I am just tired of hiding away things and pretending that everything will solve by itself.
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