Understandably, Jaime thought everyone hated him.
Not everyone, perhaps. Jaime knew his parents loved
him and worried about him all the time. The words
that came out of their mouths were accompanied
with warm feelings of love and acceptance. But in
their heads, Jaime heard words like slow to develop
and autistic. Of course, those words never came out
of their mouths when they were around Jaime. The
words were always accompanied by feelings of fear
and anxiety. Words Jaime hadnt learned the meaning
of, but knew the feelings.