FLICKERFLAME
PLAYING WITH FIRE, Page 14

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PLAYING WITH FIRE, Page 14

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I thought, after introducing Saigon/Attractive last time, some detail about Lafferty/Flickerflame's ex-marriage and kids were in order. A little additional information below. 
Angela (Angie) Bodine and Raphael (Rafe) Lafferty met in high school…and he got her pregnant on Prom Night, with the future Drake Lafferty.  They married when in high school, with the consent of both sets of parents.
Drake is now seventeen, Wolfgang fifteen,  and Helen is ten. Helen was born with a condition that paralyzed half her body, so she needs constant care.  Wolfgang is a member of a street gang and is thinking about dropping out of school. Drake has dropped out of school, and is a drugrunner for some local dealers.
Yeah, Rafe and Angie aren't exactly model parents. Angie's always had a drinking problem, and when Helen developed her condition, self-pity fostered more drinking.  And Lafferty's—Lafferty. Cynical and quick to criticize, he wouldn't be an ideal father either.
Incidentally, she asked HIM for the divorce.  They got to arguing more and neglecting the older boys more, but he's always had a soft spot for Helen, and wouldn't have voluntarily left.  

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