The abusive man

‘This… why would he do this?! Anger Management Therapy, my ass!! How dare that scum lay a hand on his own daughter?!?!’ Were the wild thoughts going through Kyle’s head when he looked at the state Marie was in, and those were just some of the more tame ones.

The teenage boy was aware that Miss Degrace’s relationship with Marie’s father could only be described as a one-sided, abusive relationship filled with domestic violence. Kyle had already grown used to the cycle of the Degraces falling out with the guy, his own mother securing them housing in a hotel like this, the two of them moving in as well, only for Marie’s mother to eventually forgive the bastard who was responsible for all of it, and getting back together.

The only thing that had ever changed in this cycle was the time between each new rotation… yet this time he had done something even more outrageous than the previous times…