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July 07, 2016
"Archer, even if Owen had done you wrong, you should not have harmed him. I usually encourage you to restrain your anger, so you should have just gone away." Mom broke the silence that had descended on all of us in the dining room.
"That's what I told him earlier, but he doesn't seem to listen," Dad remarked. In my rage at him, I almost kicked the table in front of us, but all I did was bite my lower lip, containing the anger that was building inside me. As they often say, repress and control yourself, since no one gives a shit about how you feel under this roof.
Dad and I haven't talked or said anything to each other since we returned home; not that I want to, it's just unusual that he didn't chastise me again. I even thought he'd ask me why I was with Sierra, because all he'd ever known was I avoided
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