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This lone mother never shows love and longing towards her children and his partner. She is left with her children all the time and his partner's absence left her become the father and mother figure in their shanty.

Alligator, their owned dog, was brave after he fought against the interloper snake in their home. She had to face many hurdles that needs a father figure, someone who is strong. She went through a lot.

That's disheartening to read.

The father's absence had affected his son's social life as it became a predicament for Simon that he did not have a father to mention. He desperately yearns for a father due to the constant bullying, that he searches for one and met Phillip as his father by name. But Simon made him his soon-to-be father.