“Stop it!” Mum screams, a sound so loud it pierces Thomas's eardrums painfully. “You stop it right now! I swear to God I'll rip your heart out if you touch my son!” Dad laughs. Not just a chuckle, either. His whole body shakes and he throws his head back as booming laughter pours from him, filling the house with its noise. Thomas has never heard something sound so wrong before. But the man keeps it up, laughing and laughing and laughing.
