“The problem is this, you spent your entire childhood being ignored by the parents while Max was the centre of their lives, but not in a good way. What was the difference between you and the brother who was genetically exactly the same? It took you years to understand the answer to that question but it had been staring you in the face the whole time. It was because you were 'the good son,' but Max was always in trouble. Keeping him in line was their focus. So the parents were forever saying 'Max did this' and 'Max don't do that' or, 'We have to do this about Max'. And where were you? Quietly sitting to the side being 'the good son'. Is that fair? Hell no! You deserved their attention. You deserved respect. You deserved more than you’ve been given.
“For all the evil he did you still deserved their time and attention. You remember getting to a point where you knew you just had to accept being overlooked. You had to accept that you weren't their priority and that the trouble Max caused took precedence over everything, especially you.”