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Its very hard to understand this story, I'm not sure in what person this story is written. however it looks like this father of two is in possible deep stress where he is analyzing everything even the death of an unborn child or a child that died young. it seems as though hes protective of the two children he has now hes very close to them and does everything for them he takes them to school and he watches and observes them very closely. he does not even want them to take the bus the thought of them leaving his gaze terrifies him, hes a sad man, he also states that "no one my own age spoke to me anymore" which is sad and with that he throws himself into just protecting and raising his kids. he is also tormented by the loss of his child he even sees him in the water while swimming with his kids he sees his dead son in the water and grabs his two children, in the children defense i can sense from the reading that the kids are feeling smothered by their father constant hold on them. the mother on the other hand is very absent from the reading only present in the memory of her husband im guessing thst either she died or they separated due to the loss of thier son or it could be she never got over the loss and is depressed and withdraw completley from the relationship and family.