Chapter 44

“She was grateful at first, but when it sank in, and she realised my response to what I did wasn’t normal, she changed… I had no remorse, no regret. I had logically done the right thing; therefore, I had no reason to feel guilty. I saved my family—it was him or us, and I truly couldn’t see the wrong in that. My father understood, but my lack of emotion over it abhorred her, and it was the nail in my coffin. She wanted me out of the house and away from my siblings, so sure I would turn out to be a serial killer and slaughter them all in their sleep. She and my father fought all night. We could hear them yelling in their room about how unhinged I was.”

The slight tremor and hint of raw emotion, as he trails off, says it hurt him deeply. To hear how his mother thought of him as a monster when all he did was protect her.

“Lexi, that’s horrible. She rewarded your heroism with repulsive behaviour. Your mother is a goddamn bitch who should have stood by her son and helped him w