“Some stuff runs in our family. In our genes. Like depression and anxiety. Marla has it. Gottfried, too. You all have it in your own ways. It’s a real thing, but people don’t really talk about it. It’s why you have your tunnels. Talk about it with one another. Look it up on the Internet. Don’t go through life like this just because your parents don’t believe there’s anything wrong with them. How do you think you got it?” All this time you thought the tunnel was a lie. You thought I was running from my bad decisions. From racist parents. You thought I was being dramatic. Turns out you were
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