A Bittersweet Reminder
“Your mother left me with one final gift,” his father would often tell Tommy as he grew older, a bittersweet reminder of the love that remained amidst the loss.
However, this favoritism towards Tommy bred resentment and jealousy among his older siblings.
Despite being capable of taking care of themselves, they couldn’t help but harbor envy towards the attention their father lavished on the youngest member of the family.