“Dangers do not fucking cry. We cannot afford to cry. That’s how my father was and that’s who I became. It worked for me, so I figured it could work for you. It frustrated me that your mother kept going against me whenever I tried to correct it. In hindsight, thank goodness your mother wasn’t having it, unlike my mom. By the time your mother drilled in my head that I needed to be different with you, you’d already hated me. So, I figured, I missed that window, and if you weren’t going to be tough that way, you were going to be tough other ways. That’s why I’m always hard on you. Not because I
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