Believable, and sad because it's not a totally unfamiliar story. I may have not gone to that extreme but I truly recognize the insanity of some of the things I did...like threatening to kick down the door of a crack house if my son didn't come out. Totally, completely, certifiably insane...yet it was my "normal" at the time.
Prayers out for that mama and her son. If they only knew they didn't have to live like that, that there is help for each of them.
Thanks, Anvil, revisiting the insanity makes me grateful that I am no longer of that world.
Hugs