- 17.
After Mom and Dad divorced, Dad gave me
most of the company stock.
He gave a little to Ashley.
Brandon was sent to a mental hospital.
Dad said that Brandon knew he’d been wrong.
He said he was jealous.
He was walking the path I did.
“I didn’t raise him right. I need to be with
him!”
He talked for a long time, but I didn’t say
anything.
“Ryan, do you hate me?”
He said Brandon was his light and asked that
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ne will stay for Brandon!
Then I was sent into a mental hospital.
He hated himself.
I had to be crazy.
“No!”
I shook my head.
Dad laughed.
“I wish you’d say you hated me. At least you’d
acknowledge me as your father.”
I saw gray hairs.
I didn’t answer.
He left the room with tears in his eyes.
