Chapter Eighteen
ALEX TOWERED over Chandler, even more so than Marcus. But to Chandler, Alex would always be his little boy. And Chandler would always be his unca.
Although Raymond and Alex had not been particularly close, they were still father and son. Their history didn’t paint a clear picture, yet Chandler knew Raymond loved his son. So much of their estrangement had been neither of their faults. Raymond’s mental health issues had heightened over the years and at the point Chandler and Daniel took custody of Alex, Raymond simply wasn’t capable of being a dad.
Still, Chandler understood the pain of losing a parent. He knew that even when you weren’t particularly close, it still hurt. It left you feeling orphaned and abandoned, and in some ways, the fact you were not close made it har
