C127 Who's there?

**Third person**

“My father wasn't the typical kind of father… He was abusive. Towards me and my mom.” Lucas swallowed, vivid images flashing through his mind.

“To me… I could understand. But my mom, she didn't deserve it,” he chuckled, and Valerie knew all too well that he was trying to mask his pain. She racked her brain on how to comfort him, but at the end