Darkness

I hugged him tightly, what a terrible thing to do to your son. I couldn't explain the mix of emotions I felt in that moment and how those penetrated inside me whimpering me in a compound of negative feelings.

"When he came back home he changed for her, turning in the perfect husband my mother could ever have. Not because he felt guilty or because he wanted to be a better person or for being forgiven for having kidnapped be. But only to manipulate my mother in thinking he had changed."

He shut his eyes and massaged his forehead, "my mom believed his attentions were genuine. He began to drink again, once he earned his trust again and persuaded her with his attentions. He didn't only become an alcoholic but soon began hitting my mother too. But this time she bore his attitude because she still hoped and hung on the chance of him changing again."