All Chapters of Married to a Ghost: Chapter 11

My name was Sethian Lockwood. From a young age, I knew I wasn't like the other kids.Other kids had their parents pick them up after school, and they would go off to play at the amusement park together.I listened to a classmate brag about how wide the world looked from his dad's shoulders. I went home and told Mom I wanted that too. But all I got in return was endless training and punishment.Mom told me that the only way I would get to be with Dad and surpass that guy, Sebastian Lockwood, was to study hard and make something of myself. Otherwise, she wouldn't have a reason to live.As a child, I didn't understand those words. I just cried and begged her, "Mom... I'm sorry, Mom... I don't want to go to the amusement park anymore... I'll study hard from now on..."Only then would she hold me, wipe my tears, and comfort me. "You're the best, Seth. I didn't mean it. I just want you to be able to see your dad one day..."All I could do was nod and curl up in her arms.Later, I foun