The Burden of Blood

"Daddy, please don't hit mommy. Please."

"Daddy!"

"Mommy, it's my birthday today. Dad gave me a gift."

As a child, Cordelia longed for a loving home with warmth.

But Orson was addicted to alcohol, gambling and domestic violence.

Everyone went crazy during the period when Cordelia's mom found out that she had been diagnosed with cancer.

Cordelia sat obediently at the table, watching her mother smas