"I was too embarrassed to hear my parents tell me that we were too broke to afford what I needed or wanted; if I didn't ask for anything, I didn't have to hear them say no."

-Handle With Care, p. 321-22.
Jodi Picoult

Suffice to say, it's to the point. At point blank.

I don't know when the cracks started to form. Well... come to think of it, I guess it goes all the way back to... the brand new millenium.

It's been a long time, I'm not surprised it turned out this way.