The monsters of our childhood do not fade away // AJ & Rod
He would take this burden from her, and whatever came after. There were a thousand questions with no answers, so he saw no point in asking. She had lied, hidden part of herself from him, like Griffin, like Sherri. In truth, he had done the same, as they all had. They were all hiding something, and with each secret, each lie, the family slipped farther and farther into poisonous distrust, toxic loneliness.
Staring at her for a long while, he wondered if she'd ever be whole from the nightmares of her childhood. As he approached her, all he knew was that she would have one less burden when this was finished. "I know, A.J." He broke the quiet, afternoon silence with simply a statement of fact. "'Bout the drugs, 'bout you sellin' 'em, all o' it, and now I need you to tell me where they're at."