"You saw what I was like when he came after me," Alex said, shaking his head. "I can't..." Fear and panic twisted his stomach and closed his throat, making it impossible to continue that statement. The thought of what his father could do could give him panic attacks, especially after what had happened to Michael.
He wouldn't necessarily call himself an abused kid, but his father using the hammer on Michael's hand had made him see that his father had crossed some invisible line that probably had actually been crossed years ago.
It wasn't as if this was the first time Alex had been held to the wall, his father looming over him. It was just different when it was Michael.
"He could decide that he won't pay for college if I don't go," he finally said instead of trying to explain the knot of fear that had settled in his stomach. "He could decide that you were to blame and do something to you."
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He wouldn't necessarily call himself an abused kid, but his father using the hammer on Michael's hand had made him see that his father had crossed some invisible line that probably had actually been crossed years ago.
It wasn't as if this was the first time Alex had been held to the wall, his father looming over him. It was just different when it was Michael.
"He could decide that he won't pay for college if I don't go," he finally said instead of trying to explain the knot of fear that had settled in his stomach. "He could decide that you were to blame and do something to you."