Tyler Bruce – hell raiser and bad boy – tells his story in his own words.
Alternating between past 5 years ago (12) and present(17) suffering physical abuse at the hands of his dad, these were HEARTBREAKING SCENES!!!! Skipped gym because he was scared people would notice!!!! Got emotionally abused too and only ever him!!!! His father jused him as boxing ball when the pressure of work got to him, lsing employees in his company. He made him study endlessly, couldn't even play with his friend Dean!!!! While he was a good father to his brothers Jamie and Chase, he was Tyler's nightmare!!! Sometimes he had a good day, which makes it even worse!!!
'I’m crying. “I’m sorry.”
I’m sorry that I make him so mad. I’m sorry that I can never be good enough. I’m sorry that I can’t make him happy the way Mom does, the way Jamie does, the way Chase does. I’m sorry for letting him down'
yeah that scene wrecked me!!!
-his parents got Tyler when they were 16 so they gave up their lives to take care of him. He wants Tyler to study and become successful they way he couldn't be...
Tyler keeps it a secret from his family because he wants to protect them and doesn't want them to know he's hurting.... his mom Ella is a lawyer and never home...
'My brothers, Mom’s smile is wide and pure, full of love and pride. Dad is just like the man I used to adore, the same man I know he still is deep down. We’re all happy.
This is the family I’m trying so hard to protect."
-but suddenly his dad changed, he takes him to a football game, seems happier and doesn't hurt him anymore, tyler has hope and forgave him. But then he asks if he can olay football, he lost it again!!!! AGONISING!!! He believed it was over, that he was sorry!!!
-after a kid made an comment about his father, tyler completely lost it!!! Got into a fight AND SUSPENDED.!! his father almost DESTROYED HIM!!!
-he is hurting soo much, and he still doesn't tell anybody... even after all the bruises, broken bones, and blood!!!
-he comes to the point he doesn't care, he got blamed for the fight and he is broken!! He runs away!!!!
-officer Gonzalez finds him, he trusts him and takes tyler to the station. Elle is heartbroken that he ran away, but doesn't tell peter (tells him he was at Dean's)
-his dad is losing his employees and tyler just can't handle the abuse anymore-STOP!” I scream. With everything in me, I slam my hands into Dad’s chest, shoving him away. I’m not letting him do this. I don’t deserve it. I’m just a kid. I’m good. It’s not my fault. None of this is my fault.'
-it gets worse than ever- It’s never been this bad. I can feel his rage in his touch. I can sense the lack of control.
I think Dad might just kill me.'
MY HEART BROKE!!!!
-Jamie found them after 4 years of hell and called the cops!!! WRECKING SCENE WITH ELLE IN THE HOSPITAL!!! I CRIED SO MUCH!!!!
17: drunk, party,drugs, dealing, toxic relationship with Tif, but despite all this Tyler still CARES SOOO MUCH!!! HIS EMOTIONS!! HIS ANGER. HIS GUILT!!! He is just a broken kid who wants someone to notice him!!!!
-heartbreaking scene with his mother, they talk about him getting therapy, but he's not ready yet- I wish she didn’t blame herself. She thinks she’s a bad mom for not noticing the abuse I was suffering for years, but I fought hard back then to make sure she didn’t suspect anything.'
We see him as the daredevil seventeen-year-old we first met in Did I Mention I Love You?, going to party's, doing drugs,not giving a f*, Tiffani and him using each other, for distraction and status, drifting appart from his friends and.family. he made a persona for himself so they will leave him alone
'Eden who doesn’t back down, the Eden who challenges me, the Eden who isn’t afraid to tell me the truth.'
-the stepbrother who falls head over heels for Eden. I love him even more!!!! He cares sooo deeply for her and everyone!!!! The fireworks, the romantic scenes like the Pier were they first kiss!!! The emotional scenes where they open up to one other!!!! She told him about the divorce, she got tried to fill the void with food, so she's incredibly insecure... she breaks through his walls and he tells her everything (after he got angry and she locked them both up in his bathroom!!) He told her about the abuse and the 'distractions' :'I have just let her into the darkest parts of my soul, and she is still here with me. She has seen me at my weakest and my most vulnerable. She has seen me. And she’s still here. She’s in front of me, she’s kissing me, she’s holding me, and I am completely in love with her.'
– all the things Eden wasn’t witness to. Like with Tiffani blackmailing him (she was bullied and uses Tyler to secure her status) and the dealing drugs!! Getting drunk and going to parties to keep the 'tyler bruce' image. The photos of him and his father he burned and scens with Dean his friend!!!
-after she got drunk, he took care of her and brought her to TJ's appartement; I wish she knew I was here, that I haven’t left. I will sit here and watch her for hours if I need to, just to make sure she is safe. I think that’s the moment I realize I’m in love with her.'
-Also the emotional relationship with his mother Ella!!!
The hell he went through, the pain, the anger, the self-destruction but also the loving, caring and protecting side of the real Tyler: Someone who cares about me as much as I care about her. Someone who I can open up to, someone I trust. Someone I want to be better for. I am in love with her.
Lastly tif yells baout the drugs and ealing and he's kicked out of the house!! Tif was lying she's pregnant!!! He wants them to put everything behind then and take care of the child!!!! Luckily Eden found out she lied, so he finally breaks up with her and if free!!!
Eden breaks his heart by saying they can't be together, he goes to his mom because she's the only one why can make feel okay: 'I make a single promise to myself. To my friends. To my brothers. To Mom. To Eden.
I promise I am going to do better.'
This utterly addictive rollercoaster of a novel gives voice to one of the most adored characters in Estelle Maskame’s extraordinary international bestseller, Did I Mention I Love You? IT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
I will love and cherish this story for ever