Flames

RYAN

Ever since Tina left home, my family was never the same again. Mum kept blaming herself for being a bad mother, dad on the other hand spends the whole day, next to her, trying to console her. Watching them each day made my heart bleed, they both lost a lot of weight and were nothing like the parents I grew up with. The once hardworking dad had become withdrawn and barely cared about the company. He spent his entire day next to Mum, consoling and trying to put her together. At a point, I considered getting them a therapist but decided against it after Dad told me he was the therapy Mum needed. To make matters worse, Grandmother kept coming now and then to throw tantrums about how the company was being neglected. Grandpa Brad was too old to move around now, and only he could hold back Grandmother.

I took responsibility for both companies, directing and managing Mum and Dad’s companies. With the increasing success in each company each day, my workload increased too and at one point