Thrasher Banks

In this letter, Tim implied that he was in love with my mom, that he wanted her all to himself, and if he couldn't have her, neither could Mick. This was news to me. But could this really have been what motivated Tim? Or was he just trying to manipulate my mom?

In this letter, Tim implied that he was in love with my mom, that he wanted her all to himself, and if he couldn't have her, neither could Mick. This was news to me. But could this really have been what motivated Tim? Or was he just trying to manipulate my mom?

In the end, the letter from Tim wasn't enough to help Mick. For a while, my mom didn't know how to move forward and maintaining a relationship with Mick while he was incarcerated was becoming a burden.

In the end, the letter from Tim wasn't enough to help Mick. For a while, my mom didn't know how to move forward and maintaining a relationship with Mick while he was incarcerated was becoming a burden.

Life had to go on, obviously. How did you... How did you do that?

Life had to go on, obviously. How did you... How did you do that?

Eventually my mom decided she was ready to start dating again. She wanted a stable partner to help raise me and my sister. That's when she met Ben.

Eventually my mom decided she was ready to start dating again. She wanted a stable partner to help raise me and my sister. That's when she met Ben.

The way my mom describes it is that me and my sister chose Ben for her because we both connected with him right away. We even have the same birthday, which we'd end up celebrating together over the next 15 years. There was still one problem though.

The way my mom describes it is that me and my sister chose Ben for her because we both connected with him right away. We even have the same birthday, which we'd end up celebrating together over the next 15 years. There was still one problem though.

As we all got closer with Ben over the next few months, my mom knew she had to make a difficult decision regarding Mick.

As we all got closer with Ben over the next few months, my mom knew she had to make a difficult decision regarding Mick.

After my mom's last visit with Mick, we cut off contact with him and tried to move on with our lives. But as I got older, I couldn't stop thinking about Mick and wondering how he was doing. One day, when I was in middle school, I found all of his belongings in our shed. My mom had kept them out there.

After my mom's last visit with Mick, we cut off contact with him and tried to move on with our lives. But as I got older, I couldn't stop thinking about Mick and wondering how he was doing. One day, when I was in middle school, I found all of his belongings in our shed. My mom had kept them out there.

His clothes, his favorite leather jacket, and his CD collection, which was mostly thrash metal from the 1980s. Through my newfound obsession with Slayer and early Metallica, I started to feel a connection with Mick. In study hall, I'd write him letters that I had no intention of sending, but it helped me cope with the situation.

His clothes, his favorite leather jacket, and his CD collection, which was mostly thrash metal from the 1980s. Through my newfound obsession with Slayer and early Metallica, I started to feel a connection with Mick. In study hall, I'd write him letters that I had no intention of sending, but it helped me cope with the situation.

It seemed like no matter how hard I tried to forget about Mick, there was always a reminder. On the first day of high school, I was sitting in music theory class and heard someone singing behind me. My best friend at the time, Dustin, and I were starting a band together, so we were interested in whoever this singer was.

It seemed like no matter how hard I tried to forget about Mick, there was always a reminder. On the first day of high school, I was sitting in music theory class and heard someone singing behind me. My best friend at the time, Dustin, and I were starting a band together, so we were interested in whoever this singer was.

It turned out it was Keir Smiley, Mick's attorney's son that I went to kindergarten with. So we asked him to join our band called Time Wasted. It wasn't until I moved out of my mom's house to go to college that I would actually write to Mick. At that point, my mom and Ben had split up and Mick hadn't heard from us in close to 15 years.

It turned out it was Keir Smiley, Mick's attorney's son that I went to kindergarten with. So we asked him to join our band called Time Wasted. It wasn't until I moved out of my mom's house to go to college that I would actually write to Mick. At that point, my mom and Ben had split up and Mick hadn't heard from us in close to 15 years.