Dear Skyler, I am so done with all of this. I have yet to find one individual in this house outside of my immediate family and Abigail who isn’t completely obnoxious. Everyone else is just about as bad as you can get. They’re all sexist racist ableist classist queerphobes. Leila and I are biracial, since mom is African American and dad is from… somewhere in Europe. Or at least his ancestors were. I look a lot more like dad, and Leila looks a lot more like mom. I recently overheard grandma tell Aunt Samantha (Abigail’s mom) that the only reason she arranged dad marry mom is because she seemed respectable (other than the gayness, which grandma didn’t know about) and the fact that she “looked white enough” and that she “didn’t expect Leila to be a [n-word]”. After overhearing that, I had the sudden urge to walk to the pet store, buy a hamster or two (grandma hates all rodents), and put them in her bed while she’s asleep. You know what, I’m going to do that. I’ll keep you updated. Sincerely, Tabitha.
