Closed Fists in Front of the Kids
Lots of people knew the beautiful family-
The Mours, that is.
But they don't know what happens
when the teenage boy's stepfather
gets a little too drunk.
Big D will be fifteen beers into a bender
when he starts to throw his wife around
by her hair.
The only thing comparable to her weight against the wall
was was weight of keeping
a family friend's secret.
They won't leave him.
Their greatest priortiy has become
maintaining appearances.
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