In the fall of 1979, Stevie left for college. The next day Roberta set up Teddy’s stuff in his own room. Strange how as soon as Stevie moved out, he got his own room. After a few weeks of being away from Stevie and thinking back to when he was there, Teddy realized he carried anger in his body. Teddy didn’t know this anger would be something he would spend the rest of his life dealing with. His mother had always been mean, but when Stevie left, she became much worse. Hitting and calling him names and treating him horribly. Roberta cursed him and Billy like dogs. Stevie was her support. Teddy overheard her on the phone telling Stevie how Billy, his father, couldn’t even take care of paying the bills. She talked terribly about Teddy, his sisters and their father to Stevie. Roberta depended o
