As frustrated as Roland was, he heard out on what Avery had to say for herself as she started to defend her father on all the troubles that were caused by their past. She explained to him that she still cares for her father, even though she gets beaten and treated like dirt, in hopes that he could one day rid of his drunken aggression and back to his normal self again. It seemed as if she had deluded herself in hopes of happiness would return to her father, like if she had lost the reality of the fact that what he was doing to her was wrong but she accepted it anyways only to wait to see if he would one day come back to his senses to realize what he is doing to her. She kept speaking adding that she was afraid to leave him, yet she wants to get away from him because of the brutal stuff that he does to her, but to Roland it didn’t make any sense. The fact that she had high hopes for him to reach his sanity and come back as a caring loving father was probably long gone, although Roland didn’t want to admit that to her.

[i]“Well maybe-”[/i] Said Roland as he tried to speak up but became interrupted by what Avery had to say next. She had apologized to him for being stubborn and not cooperating, and decided that she would find someplace else to stay instead. What she had said made Roland confused while she started to grab her belongings and head straight towards the front door to exit. He didn’t know what to do, but he did not mean anything offensive or mean, and sure didn’t want her to leave because of his frustration. He hasn’t been mad or frustrated for the longest time since he always tried to stay a positive type person, but the troubles presented to him was confusing that he didn’t know what to make of it.

He did know one thing for sure though, and that was he didn’t want Avery to leave and go back to her home so that she could become a punching bag for her father. [i]“Avery….WAIT!!” [/i]exclaimed Roland as he ran to the front door and guarded it to prevent Avery from leaving. [i]“Please don’t leave. I didn’t mean anything bad. I just want to help you.”[/i]