It's why I figured I'd come out here for the weekend to get myself together. He and I have gotten close lately. I've been trying to make him more motivated to succeed because he actually wants to, rather than out of fear of disappointing people. I just want him to be okay and to have his mind in the right place and to be able to know what he wants to do with his life without having to worry so much about making other people unhappy. I'm sure Scott's told him, probably more than once, that it wasn't his fault, but Isaac is having trouble getting past that. Clearly.
He came out and joined me on a camping trip a few weeks back and we ended up falling asleep. When I woke up to him wrapped around me (apparently, that's a Lahey thing?), I didn't realize what was happening and I electrocuted him. He cowered and hid and my god, Scottie, how could anyone hurt him like his father hurt him? How could anyone see that and not be horrified and ashamed?