I guess you could say that I grew distant from my dad after that. When he came to visit me in the courtroom, I screamed at him and told him to leave. I told him that he was a disgusting piece of s**t, and I wished that he would die. I thought that he deserved to get beaten up by everybody, but apparently I was wrong. The judge ordered that he would be released from prison, and he would be free to live his own life as long as he stayed away from me."
I paused again, thinking about the last few moments that I had spent with my abusive father. I remembered how he had reached out to me, pleading and begging me not to hate him. He had apologized profusely, saying that he would never do anything like that again. That he was ready to change his life if I'd only give him another chance. That he w
