Chapter 176 Princess(Incest/Taboo Sex):>Ep36

• Don gave Stevie a hug and looked him dead in the face. "You know how much Pam and I love you kiddo. Don't you ever hesitate to call me anytime you need anything." said Don. Chris then hugged Stevie to her like a baby and just held him. Years of pent up sorrow and regret were dispelled and I realized that Stevie had family that loved him after all. My heart broke, knowing that his real family, well two thirds of them didn't care one iota about him.
• Chris asked me to walk her to her car. We walked up the stairs and out into the cold night. "I held bad feelings toward Steve for the longest time." Chris said, "I blamed him for my kids' deaths and always wished I could make him pay for that. Ron and I were at their grave on Christmas day when he just turned and said, "We should have spirited Steve away from Herb and Dianne." "What ever for?" I asked. He just turned and looked thoughtfully at me and said, "He was the most innocent victim of all of this. David looked at him as a little brother, and Wendy worshipped the ground he walked on and he thought she walked on water. We left him to those monsters because of our own pain." He had a point. Listening tonight to Steve talk about the fucked up way Herb treated him when he needed love and support the most made me realize the Ron was right. It was criminal of us to leave him there."
• I felt tears rolling down my face, matching the ones I saw on hers by the streetlights. "Take care of him Madeline. Cherish him while you have him because you never know what tomorrow might bring." We hugged and then she got in her car and left. I stood there thinking of things she had said. Steve would have been loved if they had taken him. He likely would have gone farther in school and maybe even went to college. I went back inside, pondering the big "what ifs."