After a few seconds of us both sitting there in silence, she asked, “Is it okay that I told you?” “Yes! I’m glad you did. I just don’t know what to do next and I don’t know how to stop feeling sad and angry.” Dealing with emotions had never been our family’s strong suit, so it didn’t surprise me that Violet’s way of fixing it was to say, “I could tell you something happy. Would that help?” “Sure.” “Not long after you left I told Mom and Daddy that I wasn’t going to marry Howard and that I was in love with Santiago.” “How did they take it?” “About as well as you’d expect,” she admitted. “It
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