liked to be liked by the world, which
made his abuse even harder to deal
with. Because if you think someone
is a monster and the whole world
says he’s a saint, you begin to think
that you’re the bad person. It must
be my fault this is happening is the
only conclusion you can draw,
because why are you the only one
receiving his wrath?
Abel was always cool with me.
He wasn’t trying to be my dad, and
my dad was still in my life, so I
wasn’t looking for anyone to replace
him. That’s mom’s cool friend is
how I thought of him. He started
coming out to stay with us in Eden