[ The man had taught him how to fight - to make him a tool that could be wielded, a weapon to help him with his wetwork, and he'd succeeded. He just wasn't the one who ended up wielding the weapon he forged, in the end.
Though there were plenty of days when the beating had nothing to do with making him stronger. Some days Marcus just needed a warm body to hit. ]
It's not just fathers. It's people. I can't even count how many others knew what I was going through and never lifted a finger to help.
[ He'd gone to hospitals before, when the injuries were too great. Staff was paid off, arrangements were made to be discreet. No reports were made. He'd met all sorts of men and women in his father's business, who could easily tell what Marcus was doing but saw it as none of their concern, not worth the risk. His father was the abuser, but the world around him enabled that behavior.
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[ The man had taught him how to fight - to make him a tool that could be wielded, a weapon to help him with his wetwork, and he'd succeeded. He just wasn't the one who ended up wielding the weapon he forged, in the end.
Though there were plenty of days when the beating had nothing to do with making him stronger. Some days Marcus just needed a warm body to hit. ]
It's not just fathers. It's people. I can't even count how many others knew what I was going through and never lifted a finger to help.
[ He'd gone to hospitals before, when the injuries were too great. Staff was paid off, arrangements were made to be discreet. No reports were made. He'd met all sorts of men and women in his father's business, who could easily tell what Marcus was doing but saw it as none of their concern, not worth the risk. His father was the abuser, but the world around him enabled that behavior.
Who wouldn't want to get back at them? ]
I had to go through him to get out.