Manning Thorsen believes in (othala) wrote in repose,
Re: Cris M/Manning T
They didn't physically abuse her. Or sexually. It wasn't like that.
But - they were carefully controlled upstanding icons of WASPishness. They were always having parties, that's how I met her parents, showing off their perfect home, and their perfect gardens, and their perfect china, and their perfectly silent daughter that was seen and not heard. She'd smile and her eyes would be completely vacant.
So, rough like violent? No. But - something fucked up went on in that house.