Celine listened to Damian intently. There was obviously a lot more going on than just the memory of his father beating him. There had to be more to the story. She wasn't going to interrupt him though. Instead she waited patiently for him to continue.

"After a while, I stopped crying. I had gotten used to the darkness and pain that I was living with. I thought that it was normal. I wasn't surprised when my father started to beat me. I understood what he was doing to me. I knew that it was because of what he believed to be wrong. I couldn't deny it anymore. I accepted it."...