Working backwards, in search of a reading to fit a given history

I'm writing a story that includes a character getting a tarot reading on a whim and him starting to believe based on it. He has a history of abuse (yes, that kind) from his father and a mother who turned the other way and allowed it to happen. What would be a good set of cards to show that as his history? I read through all the kings and queens, both upright and reversed, but didn't see any that fit.