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Del hears the thud of her body hitting the ground. His dad doesn't care that he can overhear him beating the shit out of his mum. When morning comes, she'll lie to him how it happened. They'll both know he knows it a lie, but Del playing along and faking that he believes makes her happy.
One day, he swears he'll become a millionaire and take his mum far. France, he thinks. Del saw Paris in a film with her once, and his mum had said she'd love to one day go there. He forces himself to think about all the things he'll buy when his rich. Because it's easier than listening to what's going on outside his bedroom doo