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Quote #10
"When we get to Jamaica, you have to at least try. Go on auditions. And be better to Mom. She's done everything, and she's tired, and you owe it to us. You don't get to live in your head anymore." (328)
Natasha really shouldn’t be responsible for telling her dad how to be a good member of their family, but Samuel needs to hear her message from somebody. In the final non-epilogue chapter, we learn that Samuel did some community theater after Patricia died. Hopefully that means he stopped living in his head and tried to provide for the family while she was still alive, but our hopes aren’t too high.