When I'd lost my mother and sister I'd been devastated, it tore me apart. Losing the only two women who loved me unconditionally screwed with me. After they were gone I was alone, my father ignored me and my big brother was always off doing his bidding. I never really understood why I had to be home alone, why I was forced out of my family circle.
Our father couldn't even be f****d to get me a nanny or a tutor to ease my loneliness. It felt like a punishment. Like I'd done something wrong, like I was the disappointment and that I'd never amount to anything. Our father almost refused to acknowledge my existence for three years. The only time he spoke to me was when I was in trouble or if I was in his way.
When I met Madeline it was like something fell into my life. She was scared but sh
