Re: 9pm Oliver and OPEN
"Nah, I'm an only child. So was my dad, actually. We're a pretty small family." There were various reasons for that, all of them depressing, so Avram skipped over it. "Mom's gone, she died of cancer when I was nine. Our other relatives live in Philly, which is four hours away from Pittsburgh so...they'd like to help, but they can't really do much. And just..." He hesitated, then said, "I love him, but my dad's not a good patient. He always liked having things his own way, very stubborn, didn't suffer fools gladly. Being out of control and dependent just brings out the worst in him, and I get it, I absolutely get it, but nobody's gonna be making any Lifetime movies about him, you know? So...yeah, I was 25 when I left school and went home, so fifteen years." Christ, that was pathetic. "They were telling me he didn't have much time left, when the whole kidnapping thing went down. I'd called the rabbi already, made arrangements. Just waiting. I'm sorry, that's like the worst party conversation in the history of mankind."