Malcolm cursed savagely, startling her with his vehemence, but she plunged ahead, only wanting to be done. Reliving the greatest failure of her life was not her idea of fun.
“I was so stupid. I really did love him. I even made excuses upon excuses for him. I’d tell myself he was that way because of his upbringing… that if only I showed him love, showed him how to love, he’d reciprocate. You see, Walter was born to young wealthy parents who wanted the optics of having a child but not the responsibility of raising one. After his mother gave birth to him, he was pawned off to various nannies and staff and his parents continued their jet setting life style. There were no family vacations, or birthday parties or even opening presents on Christmas day. His parents were indifferent to him and he
