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Well....at least he had a backstory. Some people is an asshole without a backstory ╮(￣▽￣)╭
It seems like some authors have to make the ML an irredeemable scumbag from the get-go, just so his redemption is that much more dramatic. Bleargh!
No amount of sad backstory makes up for what he said and the way he acted at the beginning. You don't treat grieving relatives like that.