Mom’s Two Children
Language: en
For a year, I endured the bullying of the school’s alpha, Lucas Rothwell. When my head was viciously held underwater in the grimy sink, his face would twist into a mask of savage satisfaction. I never understood why he targeted me. Until that day, when in my struggle, I tore the chain of his cherished pocket watch. The photo inside—a picture of my mother and him—revealed the truth. He was my older half-brother. The son my mother had, in her deepest disappointment, given up. He bullied me because he hated me. That night, returning home, I no longer hid my bruises. When my mother asked, her…