"But he's been wronging Lucas, and we can't allow that. It's our responsibility to keep our own son in line. And Lucas, though not our blood, has lived with us all these years, so we must treat both children fairly."
She spoke with righteous conviction, as though every word was just and fair. Yet she failed to realize that her first instinct, to side with Lucas without hesitation, without even speaking up for her own son, was already a grave mistake. And the longer this pattern continued, the less she noticed these small but devastating betrayals to her own son.
"Alright, alright. But don't come crying to me later if you push your own son away. I've warned you enough times," Logan's father said.
