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Ayla
Fe/male Gaze
Female
My child is sick. He is my son and my everything. I have taken care of him and put every ounce of my being into this boy and he is dying; it feels like I am dying. He is my entire world and he is being taken away from me. I will feel no will to live on if he leaves me. What have I ever done to deserve this: to watch my little boy escape me instead of the other way around. How is this fair?
Male
My child is sick. He is my son and my legacy. I have fed him and taught him everything I know. He is me when I was his age. What have I done wrong to deserve this? It is my fault that my wife and my son are suffering; I could have done more to support them and it is because of me that he is so weak. If I had been harder on him he would not have been outside in the snow when he was already so weak. I failed my family. I failed myself. But the maid is really to blame. She was sick when she made him food last week, it was probably her who infected him in the first place. I should have fired her as soon as she coughed for the first time. I should have watched out for my boy better and protected him to make sure he was safe. A father’s job is to protect his family and keep them out of harm’s way, if I can’t do that then I have failed as a father.
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