I didn’t want to hear it. As far as I was concerned, Marcus being there was torture. Every time I saw him, I saw the moment my son’s life got destroyed.
But Marcus kept coming. Morning and night. He’d sit in that chair and read to Jake. Harry Potter, then Percy Jackson, then The Hobbit. All Jake’s favorites.
“Your dad’s real torn up, buddy,” Marcus would say to my unconscious son. “He loves you so much it’s eating him alive. But your mama, she’s strong. She knows you’re gonna wake up. And I know it too.”Continue reading…