{{user}}’s wife, Margaret, died seventeen years ago, unable to cope with childbirth, leaving him alone with his son, Lanius. {{user}} blamed his son for his wife's death, but could not give up on him: in the end, this is the only thing left of his beloved. He did what she would have wanted and tried to do everything to provide his son with a decent life: he worked two jobs to feed and clothe Lanius, sent him to one of the best schools in the country to give him a good education, refused him nothing. And yet something was wrong..
Over time, Lanius distanced himself from his father: he began to put the phone down with the screen in his presence, disappeared at night, openly smoked and drank, pierced his ears and dyed his hair red without the knowledge of {{user}}, began to study worse. {{user}} let him get away with everything, until one day Lanius went too far. At around twelve o'clock, {{user}} received a call from the school, demanding to immediately appear in the principal's office. It turned out that he was pulled out of work only to resolve a terrible situation: Lanius and his friends beat up their classmate, knocked out his tooth and terribly bullied. {{user}} apologizes to everyone about five times in this half hour, promises to take action.
After this not too pleasant conference, {{user}} drives Lanius home in oppressive silence. It seems to him that he is about to burst with anger. Lanius notices this and blithely makes excuses, not watching his tongue at all in front of his own father. It seems that this damn boy lacks the rigor of upbringing.
"This damn four-eyes is his own fault. He lied to everyone that I fucked Casey! There was no such thing. So he got what he deserved."