There’s a strong ugly bargain at the centre of this chapter, and the final turn works because it makes the kindness feel predatory in retrospect. I do think the piece would hit harder if it trusted implication a little more, though. The horror is already there. It doesn’t need quite so much light held over it in my opinion.
ooh. She buried his mother. He buried himself. So much is not known still. It's creepy and also alluring somehow. When you say 'my father stole them', are you referring to the money?
Yes yes. His father stole the money he saved from doing forger job. (Was when he around 13)
Aunty three help him with his mother funeral fee. Then he buried himself in... You know, both images of the past with Aunty 3, and the current image with Elise kinda overlap there.
So tragic that his mother died. 💔😢
And him having to deal with so much hell at such a young age.
Very traumatizing…
You are reading into his mental fortress… and thank you so much for seeing that. 🙏
There’s a strong ugly bargain at the centre of this chapter, and the final turn works because it makes the kindness feel predatory in retrospect. I do think the piece would hit harder if it trusted implication a little more, though. The horror is already there. It doesn’t need quite so much light held over it in my opinion.
Thank you so much for your comment. I do need to study readers of the genre more. 🙏
ooh. She buried his mother. He buried himself. So much is not known still. It's creepy and also alluring somehow. When you say 'my father stole them', are you referring to the money?
Yes yes. His father stole the money he saved from doing forger job. (Was when he around 13)
Aunty three help him with his mother funeral fee. Then he buried himself in... You know, both images of the past with Aunty 3, and the current image with Elise kinda overlap there.