[HettyLip]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

He told Sharon it was because when he was younger (I think he said 16ish but not sure exactly the age) he was arrested for burglary and his father refused to bail him out and told the Police to lock him up

Thank you, Niamh.

That's a tough one!

Did his father feel that Levi would benefit from suffering the consequences of his misdeed and, therefore, mend his ways, or was it an indication of his father's indifference to what fate held in store for young Levi in jail?
I suspect that most parents would wish to spare their offspring the ignominy of time in pokey.

Ultimately - right or wrong - the instinct of a parent is to protect their children, a protection that Levi not unreasonably took for granted from his father.
How devastated he must have been when it was withheld and he was deprived of the safety of the parental home. and sent to prison instead.
No wonder he harbours a grudge.

Should he relent after all this time? I don't know.
To arrive at a meaningful conclusion you really had to be there. - but I stand ready to be enlightened.