Mark had tried to be a dad. He’d made her pancakes on the weekends, taken her places. But it had always been inconsistent.
Inconsistent?
Some days he seemed to forget, others he got upset, or was just too distracted for the trips to the ice cream store or mall.
Aw.
I don’t think that means he didn’t love you, Amy. Everyone has days like these.
Another secret that the family hadn’t kept – Mark was clinically depressed.
…especially under those circumstances.
Honestly, that just makes me even more sure that he loves Amy and genuinely wanted to do his best as her dad.
He had been prescribed drugs to help him, but he didn’t always take them.
A common problem with depression, I think? I think I’ve heard something about that.
It had always been Victoria, only Victoria, who made her feel like she had a family here. Victoria was mad at her now.
Aww. 😦
Except mad wasn’t the right word. Victoria was appalled, seething with anger, brimming with resentment, because Amy couldn’t, wouldn’t, heal their father.
It’s not the first time they’ve discussed the brain healing, either. I don’t recall the exact circumstances, but the two of them discussed it in Interlude 2, and I’m fairly sure Victoria wasn’t very understanding of Amy’s reluctance to do it back then. I don’t know.
I guess I should reread Interlude 2 when I get to it in my current project to retroactively tag the chapter intros.
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