Chapter 4

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Jason had covered his mouth trembling in fear as what he had seen happen in Dick's room. The verbal and physical abuse that Bruce their father had inflicted on to the oldest son. This had filled the boy with regret for not seeing this abuse sooner and fear of Bruce turning it towards him instead. 'What the hell is even going on?' He questions inside his head as tears began to stream down his tanned cheeks.

'Just walk away and pretend you didn't see or hear anything.' Jason thought yo himself as he slowly and desperately went to his room locking the door before hiding himself under his bed sheets. 'Just pretend that you never saw or heard anything Jay and then you will be fine right?' He thought as he shivered and sobs clearly scared for his life. As the father like image of what he thought Bruce was like had now been clearly shattered with the harsh reality.

'What am I going to do now? What if I ended up doing something wrong and Bruce would end up hitting me for it? Does even Alfred no about Bruce abusing his son?' Jason's eyes widen as he thought about the butler. 'Does he even know what is even happening or Bruce's toxic, abusive behaviour? If he does why has ne stopped B yet? Or was Bruce really that good at hiding it no nothing seemed to get passed Alfred. But what if he was threatened by B and is afraid of standing up to Bruce?'

These thoughts ran through the young boys head as he felt unsafe in the Manor. Jason felt as if he couldn't breathe because this realisation and what he had seen moments ago.

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