What I Saw and How I Lied Family Quotes

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Quote #10

So here I was. I would live with Joe and Mom. I had no place else to go. Joe would carve the roast on Sundays. He would put up the Christmas tree. They would hand me the phone, pick up my socks, leave the porch light on. I would never know what happened on the boat that day, but they would be my parents. For the duration. (35.102)

Evie has resigned herself to the fact that when they are back in New York, they will go back to their familial roles. But even though this is the family that she lied to save, it's not the same; she can see the cracks in their picturesque image now. And she's starting to think about the day when she gets out.