He can picture it - clear as day. Sonny flying kites with little nieces in Central Park, or walking the family dog, or doing everything that Credence has associated with people far richer than him.

He bets Sonny buys the paper every single day. He seems like the type of person to buy baked goods for breakfast, too, to splurge on something sweet like a doughnut and not worry about that 5 cents going to something else. Two doughnuts is a small loaf of bread, and that can easily feed Credence, Modesty and Chastity for a week...

Sonny is someone Credence wishes he was.

"What's your mother like?"