Could he actually control the screaming? I could tell in a heartbeat.

But as his mom, I wasn’t about to expose his little game. Didn’t want my seven-year-old facing strangers’ cruelty head on.

So I always took the hit, absorbed every ounce of humiliation myself.

After we got off the train, Marcus led Leo straight to the concert hall without a word.

Only when he was confident Leo was sufficiently “stable” did he hand him back to me.

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