I never wanted to have kids. Does that make me a terrible person? But when you’re raised by a man who loved nothing more than to lose himself in a bottle and then smack his own grandson around just so he could feel like a big man, well, it changes your perspective on what you want from life. The truth is, I was just a kid myself when Kayce’s mom came on the scene. I wasn’t interested in her bullshit, but she wore me down, and when you’re seventeen and dealing with years of neglect, there inevitably comes a moment when you finally let your guard slip. It was meaningless. Only ever meant to be a
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