Tim Donovan
Of his four sons, Timothy had a decent relationship only with Michael, the oldest (and to a lesser extent with Brian, the youngest).
Michael occasionally questioned the old man about his past, including its darker aspects. Noting his father's cheeks were red, Mike learned that Timothy's own father had brutally slapped him as a child. Mike got the old man to describe the circumstances of the abuse. "I got a terrible beating" Timothy said, for hitting a kid. "Why did you hit him?" Mike asked. "He was making fun of me" the old man replied. "How old were you then?" "Six or seven." To Mike, it made no sense that a kid could be battered so severely just for hitting someone. In his own experience with kids, "it happens all the time." "Not over there you don't" Timothy said. Then Mike asked Timothy if his own father's cheeks were red. "You bet your life" the old man answered. Mike surmised, correctly no doubt, that "he was just waiting for an excuse to take it out on you." He not only beat but bullied Timothy.
Mike may also have asked him if his mother had done anything to help and the old man answered "no."
Michael occasionally questioned the old man about his past, including its darker aspects. Noting his father's cheeks were red, Mike learned that Timothy's own father had brutally slapped him as a child. Mike got the old man to describe the circumstances of the abuse. "I got a terrible beating" Timothy said, for hitting a kid. "Why did you hit him?" Mike asked. "He was making fun of me" the old man replied. "How old were you then?" "Six or seven." To Mike, it made no sense that a kid could be battered so severely just for hitting someone. In his own experience with kids, "it happens all the time." "Not over there you don't" Timothy said. Then Mike asked Timothy if his own father's cheeks were red. "You bet your life" the old man answered. Mike surmised, correctly no doubt, that "he was just waiting for an excuse to take it out on you." He not only beat but bullied Timothy.
Mike may also have asked him if his mother had done anything to help and the old man answered "no."
