Killian's voice was still low as he continued, "My mom couldn't even look at me for months and years; even now, when she speaks to me… she doesn't look at me. But at the same time, she was happy that she had a living reminder of something that she had lost."
"Like she never fucked up. Unfortunately, no matter how much I look like him, I could never be him. I was never really sharp when it came to studies; I was more of an outdoor kid. My elder brother was the one who aced every test. And as I grew up, the differences became more and more prominent, and I think that started to hurt her even more."
"My mother started to compare me more and more with my elder brother. They expected me to come out of the top just like him, and when I couldn't, it disappointed her. I was expected to like what he liked and dislike what he disliked. It was like she saw him when she was looking at me, you know? Like I was never there."
