"Don't think about having me skip grades again. That's all."
There were no benefits in saying more when Gabriel was already on his way out the door, so he threw out this last remark, then turned and left.
Gabriel felt some trepidation about letting his brother take the wrong medicine, and he regretted believing the words of that quack doctor his father trusted so much. It was great that they longed changed doctors and had already done away with the quack. At the same time, he was glad his brother was smart enough to sense that something was wrong in time. Otherwise, how could he have been okay.
Yes, the respect that they had gained from their father was from relying on Roman. He was their father's favourite and their mother's too.
Ugh being a First and middle child had no advantages at all.
