"It's going to be okay Mark. It really will be. I promised you when you came to live with us, that no one would ever hurt you again, and I meant it. I got Alex to help Mark, and he can do this, but I need you to want to Mark I need you to do better, to be better."

I pushed away enough so he could look at me and continued;

"I know your scared Mark but I also know that you're the strongest person I know. You need to show me that."

Mark shook his head.

"I'm tired Meg, and maybe Murdock's right. I'm just like our father...