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"You don't think I feel the same way? All my lying, whether it was to myself or everybody else around me, I did enough of it," Tatum sighed heavily, focusing on his nearest eye. It was pretty swollen, but with a little flick of her wand, the swelling began to back off just a little. "Don't forget the cheatin' too.. he had me convinced that being gay was so bad that I had myself convinced it was better to have a boyfriend an' a girlfriend at the same time instead of just being who I was all along. I really thought two-timin' was okay cause.. well, I was with a boy at least sometimes. But we see where that got me, right? And dad wasn't too happy about that either, so there."

Glancing down at Kia for a moment as Rath spoke to her, Tatum smiled broadly and reached over to gently push some auburn hair away from her forehead. "Daddy taught us all to hate, and how to be righteous and true, but it's our own job to teach ourselves the right way. It's our own job to see that he's wrong, he's always been wrong. What difference does any of it make. Two moms and a dad, or two dads and a mom, or hell just any two parents, who cares? Does my baby look like she cares who her folks are as long as we make sure she's taken care of? I sure as hell don't think so."

Leaning back into the couch a little, Tatum regarded her little brother seriously for a second before sitting back up straight and loosely putting an arm around his shoulders. "I'm not brave. I'm crazy, remember? I only had.. like, the balls to say anything because I was off my meds, and I knew he'd find out anyway in a few months, and honestly.. maybe it was even easier for me. I had the baby thing to break the ice and then the gay bomb was like icing on the sinner cake. It didn't feel easy an' I'm not brave, but I did my best. What else can you do?"

She tightened the arm around his shoulders a little. "Course I love you, even if you can be a piece of shit sometimes.. I did wonder, y'know when all this happened, if I still would. I remember you just let him throw be out like it wasn't no thing.. but we both did that to Sera, right? We both just let him throw her out and kept our mouths shut, so I dunno why I thought you would stop him for me but.. it hurt you, didn't it? More than I think?"