Abusing the Abuser
Gerard, Tim’s older brother (half-brother actually, their mom couldn’t remember who their fathers were), had had enough. Too often had they seen Tim with bruises on his arms or a slap mark on his face, too often had he heard Tim screaming or crying himself to sleep. Gerard knew something had to be done, he just hadn’t decided what. Several times, Gerard had ‘anonymously’ contact child and family services, but that was a joke. Old men judges believe it is ‘in the best interest of the child’ to stay with the mother, even if she is an alcoholic prostitute who keeps bringing ‘uncles’ home, uncles who more than once Gerard had to keep Tim away from. As months past, Mom kept getting drunk, Tim kept getting hurt and Gerard kept promising himself she would pay …