Chapter 251

What was it about her that drew him? From the first moment they’d met, he’d been attracted to her and the attraction had only grown the more he got to know her. He knew she had secrets but if anything, that only endeared her to him more. He valued his privacy and had a few secrets of his own. It was probably why he felt safe around her, safe that she wouldn’t expose him for the deviant he was. He knew that what had happened to him in the past had shaped who he was today and not in good ways. He imagined that if he didn’t carry the scars, he would probably have a normal sex life and be able to have a normal relationship with a woman, but those were things that he would never have and it was all thanks to Francine. He couldn’t think of her as his mother, although she had given birth to him. Mother didn’t do what she had done and he refused to give her the respect of the title. Mothers were supposed to be nurturing and loving, not drunks who caused untold chaos at every turn. He felt his