Evil, Sustained
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Michael learns the word by accident.
It’s not from William. It’s from a health class video, grainy and outdated, listing behaviors in a flat voice: Isolation from peers or family, excessive attention or favoritism, secrecy framed as maturity or trust, gradual boundary crossing.
The teacher talks over half of it. No one is paying attention.
Michael is. The word settles quietly in his head.
Grooming.
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- Part 1 of Evil, Sustained
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For months, Michael's been helping his father with work that has nothing to do with the family restaurant—watching, cleaning up, waiting for the moment William finally lets him do more than just assist. He's built the perfect cover: good grades, decent reputation, a pretty girlfriend named Sarah who thinks she knows him.
Then Sarah tells him she's pregnant.
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- Part 2 of Evil, Sustained
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Michael had spent years being a silent accomplice, cleaning up, keeping watch, being an alibi. But Cassidy broke that streak.
"You tried to warn me. You wanted to help me. Isn't that sweet?"
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- Part 3 of Evil, Sustained