"I hope. Like, I feel a little bad because they're family, but they've never acted like it," she sighed. She wished that things were different.
She wanted to love her family, but they made it so hard for her to. How could she love someone who disrespected her and didn't care about her?
Elias nodded his understanding.
"It's kind of hardwired in us to love and accept our family, even if they don't deserve it. It's a flaw," he said.
Alyssa was glad he understood. She couldn't stand when people claimed that family was the most important thing in life, that they couldn't do any wrong. She didn't want to feel expected to forgive every bad thing her parents did to her. They were only family by blood.
