beta
sohan has so much faith in that “maybe things can change between me and dad”/“maybe it’ll be different this time” and its frustrating but when you spend your whole childhood depending on someone, it can be hard to abandon them if you have that attachment to them. It would also affect his perception of his dad. No one wants to see someone they used to—or at least want to—respect and love as someone crazy or terrible. Esp not their parents. Even kids can either brag about or get bullied because of their parents’ identity/actions. its a weird thing, but everybody wants good parents, but when you don’t get that, how people react differs depending on the person (and situation).
His mom took 15-17 years to leave, and perhaps like his mom, he also needed to take a while to finally realize— that he will never change. and this moment, in the next chapter, will finally make him realize. hopefully. prayers or fingers crossed or manifesting idc i just rly need justice served to that piece of sh*t >:( if not at least want him to wake up to the consequences of his actions gaddammit. need him to see how he’s royally screwed up his whole life/family. and if he’s not gonna work on changing/fixing things, he needs to gtfo of sohan’s life.