Editing Charles Abrams (section)

==Relationships==
His mother had a mixture of depression, chronic fatigue, and addiction problems, his father divorced her and got sent to prison multiple times for not paying child support, eventually abandoning Charles and his former wife.<ref>“I didn’t have the support of family.  My father worked, my mother didn’t get out of bed.”

“Depression?” Verona asked.

“It was a long time ago, and I think there were many versions of the story even back then.  Depression, she had chronic fatigue, alcoholism or drugs, all of the above, or none of the above.  They divorced,” Charles said.  “My dad went to prison for not paying child support, I stayed with my mother.  He was in prison for six months, got out, got his second chance, never even tried to find work, went back in for nonpayment.  My mother would go weeks or months, mostly catatonic, then get out of bed just long enough to get my hopes up, back to bed she went.  Most of my parenting was in the form of advice from my dad when I went to visit him in prison.  Then, fourth or fifth time he got out, he decided it was easier to disappear.  He said goodbye, said he was sorry, left me to take far, far too long to realize he wasn’t coming back.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/false-moves-12-6/ Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.6]]</ref>

He used to be friends with the founding members of the [[Blue Heron Institute]] but now considers his association with them a mistake.<ref>“I’m-” Charles started.  He shook his head.  “I don’t think I ''can'' be better.  That opportunity is gone now.  Third strike.  The dealers, the Blue Heron group, and then inviting Alexander into my place.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/10/false-moves-12-6/ Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.6]]</ref>

After [[Matthew Moss|Matthew]] found [[Edith James|Edith]] he helped to make her more physically and emotionally stable.<ref>- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/04/27/one-after-another-10-z/ Excerpt] from [[One After Another 10.z]]</ref>

He used to be in love with [[Marie Durocher|Durocher]].<ref>“Durocher was… she wasn’t anything exceedingly remarkable in the looks department, but she was so driven and excited by what she did that I think they all took turns falling in love with her.  I did, even.  But being beside her means having your feet held to the fire.  The fire in this case is monsters most practitioners won’t get within miles of.  She’s teaching?”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/20/ Excerpt] from [[Back Away 5.5]]</ref>