Bonds Of Brothers
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“Yes, well, we can thank His Majesty King George for that.” He spat out bitterly. “Of course, he wasn’t the only one at fault in the matter, you realize.” He said, turning to look at his brother. “He couldn’t have purchased me if I wasn’t for sale to begin with.” James wasn’t intentionally trying to start a fight, but there were underlying issues that still needed to be addressed.
David bit back his knee-jerk impulse to defend his mother, telling himself to see things from James’ perspective. You were the son they kept, and he was the son they gave away. “That was a decision they regretted every second of their lives. It was a decision that drove my - our - father to drink.” He sighed, shaking his head. “I’m not excusing what they did, but it wasn’t easy for our mother to give you up.”
