![]() ![]() When his father is not waking him up at all hours of the night or disappearing for days at a time, Robbie spends his time preparing meals, doing laundry and going to school, not to mention his part-time job. ![]() With a mentally ill father at home, Robbie knows how to take care of himself. Robbie, 13, is the King of Jam Sandwiches. It makes complete sense,” she said, nodding. And if I do that every day, day after day after day, eventually I might, well, become somebody.” There. I get up thinking that I need to work harder and longer than everybody in the entire world, and if I do that, I can gain just a little. “I get up every morning knowing that I have to work hard.” “Okay, like I said, this is going to sound strange.” I took a deep breath. “If I tell you, you can’t tell anybody,” I finally said. She had blurted out about me and my mother to Mrs. I had to decide exactly what I was going to tell her or if I should tell her anything. ![]() I took a seat on the steps of a walk leading up to a house. ![]()
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