Roland listened as Avery kept speaking about how her dad hits on her and blames her for his wife and her mother leaving them to go stay with someone else who’s rich. Roland noticed that every time she had to bring up her father, she would tremble and curl up into a fetal position because of all the bad things that she would mention and probably think of. Seeing her like this made him fell really bad for her, yet already making a decision that he was going to help anyway he could, he continued to listen to her speak of her disastrous events from her life in the past and currently. After brining up again on how’d she would disappear and no one would care, and following the poker game with what events follow with it, Roland went to think about why her dad would just do something like that. Beating his own child, treating her like she is nothing, blaming her for the pain he endured of his wife leaving, the brutal things that he does to her doesn’t make anything right.

Roland knew that something had to be done about the man, but he didn’t want things to turn into a bigger disaster, or worse, so he decided to forget about him right and focus on Avery. After she finished, he looked at her to speak.[i] “(Sighs) I mean…..it’s….a lot to….y-you know comprehend with because it’s…. really tragic, especially that it’s still going on.”[/i] He raised his arm to place his hand upon her shoulder so that she would feel better and supported. [i]“But think of it this way, he’s not around here to do anything bad, and you’re not over there to succumb to……well……all those things you mentioned.”[/i]

Roland didn’t want to bring up on how she gets hit and beaten by her father because it would make her upset and crawl back to another corner, but instead tried to keep her calm and relaxed.[i] “And….maybe you might have to deal with it tomorrow, but then again maybe not, you never know what could happen. But let me tell you something. You won’t face this alone anymore. Any possible way, anything I can do, I’ll help you and not give up one bit.”[/i]

[b][i]I promise.[/i][/b]