That was a roller coaster of a story. I found that I couldn’t comment on every chapter or even like every chapter. The story was dark. The abuse the poor boy suffered through was painful to read about, and the mental and emotional scars he is carrying ... it just hurt to live through it with him. Maybe that’s what made it hard to comment. You gave us the story from his perspective. I knew what he was thinking, and I didn’t like it. I did love the story however, as odd as that seems after making those comments. The boy has friends. I wish I had friends like that when I was his age. The boy has a loving extended family that felt realistic. And his dad developed into the type of dad every gay boy should have growing up. It was heart-warming, as Jaro said, even if it carried a lot of pain and anguish along with it.