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"I’m here because she asked me to be," Julian said, his tone softening. "Not for the money, Dad."

"Some things don't need to change, Julian," Claire replied, not looking up. "Consistency has its merits."

The mention of their mother, Martha, brought a sudden, sharp chill to the room. She had been the glue, the buffer between Elias’s stoicism and Julian’s rebellion, between Claire’s duty and her hidden resentments. Now, that glue was gone, and the pieces were beginning to grate against one another. matureincest

The evening devolved into a series of pointed jabs and defensive parries. Claire accused Julian of abandoning them when things got hard; Julian accused Claire of being a martyr for a cause that didn't love her back. Elias, meanwhile, remained a spectator to his own children's grief, unable—or unwilling—to bridge the gap he had helped create.

Julian paused, his hand on the door handle. "Yeah. Tomorrow." "I’m here because she asked me to be,"

The drama of the Millers wasn't found in explosive confrontations, but in the slow, agonizing process of learning how to stand in the same room without breaking.

"Or its prisons," he countered, a smirk playing on his lips, though his eyes remained wary. She had been the glue, the buffer between

"The house looks the same," Julian remarked, his voice cutting through the clinking of silverware.