Glad that you made sure to tell your readers that this is just a creative piece or you would have landed up with much advice and comforting messages.
Taking responsibility for ones action whether it was a mistake or a conscious decision is very important for humans.
If a father calls his son a bastard he seriously needs to have his head checked.
The words we spew out can do so much more harm than we realize.
I was surprised to read your post as we seem to have chosen similar subjects but dealt them from very different angles.
Great story.