I read a lot growing up. It was kind of my comfort, you know; I loved it. I love story. I love narrative. I was academic. I wasn't particularly athletic. I didn't make the drill team. I didn't go out for sports.
Susan Smith is psychotic. Brenda Martin has been ravaged by grief. She's self-punishing. She's loved in the community.
He was so enthusiastic and so, so loving and had so much determination to get my attention and that's what really struck me. How much he loved his son and how kind of far he was going to go to prove it.