mans cannot stay dead for the unlife of him
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"It's not fair," she mumbles almost unthinkingly.
She hears the shift as Chris moves again but Mom holds up a hand this time. "What's not fair, honey?"
"I can't just be mad. When you get mad, or when you guys get mad," she says, jerking her head toward Chris, "you just…get to be mad. Like that's just a thing that you're allowed to do. But when I get mad, it's like everyone's looking for an excuse to…"
She swallows. Her hands feel sticky.
"…put me down or something."
***
Being angry, as it turns out, is something of a human luxury.
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- Part 3 of familial network