cliche-ask-max-deactivated20171:
Oh. Who are you and why are you talking to me?
//lol chill max//
My…my mom…
She was wrong! *he says it almost sharply. He
sighs and tries again.* She was wrong. She shouldn’t have said something like
that to you, Max.But…she’s my mom…kids are supposed to listen to their parents…right? They’re supposed to love their parents…
But sometimes parents aren’t perfect. And they
can be very wrong. My brother… my mom thought he was useless. He can’t walk,
but he’s a brilliant software engineer. She was wrong about him. And your mom…
she was wrong to say something like that to an impressionable child like you.
Yeah, you can love your mom, but that doesn’t mean she can’t do anything wrong
ever.I just…I don’t know what to do…
That’s okay, Max. You’re just a kid. You’re
already doing the most important thing, which is talking to an adult who wants
to help you.Help? How?
*sighs* I’m not sure yet. But knowing that you’re
actually getting physically hurt, I can’t really keep this to myself. Or, I
shouldn’t. Authorities should be told about this.Nonono please! You can’t tell anyone! I shouldn’t have even told you! Please don’t fell the cops!
Max – max, please listen to me. They are hurting you. You said that they hit you.
And that absolutely has to stop.Don’t! Please!
*takes his shoulders and squeezes them* Max –
it’s okay. It’s okay, I promise. I’m not going to tell anyone right away – I need
to think about what the best way to go about helping you would be. But
eventually… someone else will know. Please, Max… trust me.You don’t understand what they’ll do to me if they find out I told someone!
You’ve already told me what they do to you.
And the last thing I want is for them to hurt you again. Max, you have to trust
me – I will do everything to keep them from hurting you again.No…they’ll kill me…
*Carlos isn’t sure if Max is exaggerating, or
if this is actually something that would happen. It worries him.* All the more
reason to get you out of that situation, Max. You’re clearly very scared of them. I want to help protect you.I…I thought this was normal…I thought all parents treated kids this way…but no…if this gets out, they will actually kill me…as in murder…
It is not normal, Max. Not at all.
*takes a deep breath.*
Max… right now, no one else knows. You’re not
at your house – you’re here, safe at Camp. I’m the only person you’ve ever
told. Your secret is still a secret.
The Perfect Scientist 