—And your parents are still together? — clearly some of what he had said had caught his eye, for I was no longer the one asking all the questions.
—No, they split up the months after my birth, but I get along pretty well with both of them, although obviously it's not the concept of a happy family that Disney movies teach you.
—Happy families are overrated. Although I don't know what kind of Disney movies you saw because clearly the families of Snow White, Cinderella, Little Mermaid, or Dumbo aren't an example of a happy family—then in a nostalgic tone he added—I don't know why they always kill mothers.
—I've never seen Cinderella—Lina put on a hearing aid again.
—And what are you doing here?" his tone had turned a little rough.
—I always come, my house is across the street.
—Well, you'd better go. Your mother must be worried.
—Sure, even though I never told you I lived with her.
—I figured it out.
—Already—An awkward silence had taken over the atmosphere—Are you going to be here tomorrow?
—That depends.
—Of what?
—Of the things that happen tomorrow.
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