was just going to say that sometimes he just becomes this whole different person.” “No he doesn’t,” Norma said. Norma looked over to see the girl staring back at her with her mouth open. “I thought you were the one who only says what you know, not what you think.” “Right. And this I know. He’s one person, right?” “Well, yeah.” “Is he one person, or do you have two boyfriends named Jake?” “One, but—” “Then this ‘whole different person’ is part of him. It’s also him. You may not see it all the time, but it’s still him. People only say otherwise when they want to make excuses for somebody.
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