Kyle
I sit on the couch staring blankly at the movie playing. My mind is playing over half my life and regretting so many things. I only really remember one time that I wondered if Jessica wasn’t loved. Stanley put on a good show with her anytime I was in her presence. Acted like she was his little princess. I recall her tenth birthday and her crying at the bottom of the stairs early that morning. I watched her a for a while from the top step. I was on my way down to approach her and comfort her when Stanley saw me from his office doorway. He snapped his fingers and motioned for me to go back to my room. I heard his voice though “Oh little princess why are you crying on your birthday?” I’d raced back to my room and put it out of my mind thinking I almost got fooled.
I knew about Laurel a
