“I know you’ve been through a lot of shit, I know you haven’t had an easy life, and I know your dad did something to you to make you like this. But every time you open your mouth and say shit like that, those are choices you are making. You are choosing to be an asshole. Your dad is nowhere in sight, and you still say ignorant shit that you never would have said before. You could choose to be decent, and yet, you don’t. I know you’re hurting in your very soul, Gavin, but don’t you ever—ever—say that again in this house.” He stared hard at me for a long moment, then leaned in until his mouth
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