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"She ain't never gonna be made to feel that way," Tatum assured him sharply, getting a little bit defensive as she looked down at the baby girl in his arms. "Nobody is ever gonna treat her like that, make her think like that.. nobody ever. She's gonna live her life and love her life an' do whatever she damn well pleases.. y'know, within reason an' all."

Tatum sighed a little, snuggling in close to the two of them and pushing some hair away from his forehead a little. He felt warm, but he was probably flushed from the alcohol. "Gay as the day is long, I've been sayin' that about you since we really knew what it was.. they always say the biggest assholes are the gayest ones of all, y'know." Tatum leaned her head against his. "Pickin' on the gays because you hate all the feeling you got in yourself. Guess it's supposed to be easier, but we both know that it isn't," she murmured.

"I always wanted to make dad proud, too. We were raised with this idea that like.. disappointing him was the worst thing in the world, but it wasn't. I was letting you guys down, both of you, by even letting Sera go first. I always knew it was wrong.. fuck, from the first time I let Mack kiss my cheek in the backyard, and I saw daddy come flyin' out the backdoor like a bat out of hell.. I knew I was in shit, but I knew he was wrong. I knew I wasn't hurtin' anybody or doing anything but being happy, and he just.. he's always been set in his ways, as long as I can ever remember. From the day we were all born, he's been set in his ways, his grandpa's ways, the whole family is fuckin' wrong. But you can't always change someone once they're too set in their ways and.. well, daddy is one of those kind of people, Rath. Nobody is gonna change his mind."

She swallowed thickly, nodding her head numbly when he said he wanted a family. She had always wanted the same, but their parents had made it so hard. It was either live a life being fake and have a perfect family, or be themselves and have no family. It wasn't really a fair ultimatum to give to three kids. "I want a real family too, buddy.. you know I do. Y'know I was almost kinda happy I was pregnant? I mean, I was real scared, terrified.. but I thought, we'll raise this little girl right, and we'll be happy, and I can give her everything I never had and she'll be better than me, and smarter than me, and go farther than me, and love whoever she wants. Isn't that what a real family wants for each other?"