Ayah For The Ruthless
His fists became the rhythm of my childhood, his rage filling the nights until the house itself seemed to shake beneath his voice, and every bruise on my mother’s skin and mine was a reminder that we were never meant to be his family, only his curse.
So yes, I laughed at despair. It was the only way to live with it. I was terrified of death, but the idea of it thrilled me. I would stand in front of buses and trucks, daring them to stop, listening to the horns blare and the drivers shout until the rush of fear left me trembling. Sitting on that rooftop railing was no different; I dangled above nothingness and for a moment it felt like freedom.
“Dying looks easier, doesn’t it?”
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