A Father's Behavior and Lifestyle

The speaker describes their father's anger issues, stating that for younger children, he would spank them, for Xavier, he would take away his phone, but for the speaker, physical violence was common. The speaker is not afraid of this, as they are 'used to that level'. An incident is recounted where the father slapped his biological son, James, and then denied it before minimizing the severity when confronted. This suggests the father may regularly abuse his younger children, who believe they are in trouble.

The father is described as someone who 'steals stuff and sells it'. This is known fact to the speaker, not a rumor. As an example, the father once gave the speaker a 'crappy' electric scooter for Christmas that was still in a store box. The speaker later learned it was stolen. When the speaker didn't use it, the father offered to sell it to fix a part on the speaker's mini-bike, but the repair was never made and it is implied the money went to drugs. The mother is not involved in such activities or drug use.

The speaker states that no one has ever tried to get them to do anything sexual. However, they are aware of an incident involving their younger siblings and their friend James, which led to the siblings no longer seeing James due to 'some inappropriate' activity. The speaker does not have first-hand knowledge of the specifics of this incident.