The thing that most creeps me out when it comes to Larry is how many similarities we have in our upbringing. We were born the same year. Both of us had what most would call a rough childhood. Both of us lost a parent/parental figure to throat cancer. We both lost a significant amount of family in a short time. However, Larry took one way and I took another. It’s kind of wild to think what a different path would have been for me when I look at him.
Is it nature or nurture? I don’t know but I don’t think that we can blame everything of what AEllis is now on his past, no matter what it was.
In the name of one of my favorite podcasts, All Bad Things, trigger warning for everything possible.
Specific trigger warnings in this chapter: death, racism, child abuse, murder/suicide, assault.