[letter to Lily]
Yokko,
Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. Again. You'd think that with my Calling it'd be easier to check my email more often, right? I guess I'm usually better at it but I'm readjusting to new meds and stuff. The doctor gave me a different prescription this time, since the last one obviously wasn't working out all that well. Or too well, I guess.
Anyway. I'll be looking into the Justin thing anyway; I mean, I've only met him once but all your postcards kind of gave him a place in my heart, y'know? And I know that sort of thing must be tearing you up. And you're my baby sister. You mean the world to me.
I don't know what to say about Kaden, though. Seems like everything I say about him falls on deaf ears with you -- don't get me wrong, you know I do it because I love you, right? And I mean, I guess I can't say I have the guardian bond or anything to tell me what his intentions actually are, but I'm getting so tired of the family apologizing for his behavior and I just. I worry. You know that. I don't care what he does to anyone else, but he's done enough to you.
Are you sure things are okay? I talked to Mom today and she said Dad's on the warpath to Chicago again. Wasn't he just there a few months ago? I know that was supposed to be to check on Molly (didn't she have to go back to rehab again or something?) but I know him and I know he'd be checking in on Kaden too. Did something happen?
I really hope you'll tell me if something did.
Um. Things are okay over here. I'm still adjusting to the meds, so I'm more scatterbrained than usual, which isn't helping me feel better but I've been in this place before and it's familiar. In a good way, I guess. It's just annoying. But yeah, went out for my birthday today (I guess that's yesterday, now...) with a couple of friends and everything, so today's been pretty good. Nice to take a break from academia for fun reasons, you know? ('-' *)
I was thinking about flying in again soon, if I can manage it. Would that be okay? I'd like to see you again. If that's okay. Though I think I'll wait until Dad's NOT there. He and I shouldn't be in the same town unless we have to be, and I wouldn't want to ruin the whole trip for you by like, punching him in the face or something.
Anyway, it's something ridiculous in the morning, and I'm pretty much sober at this point (I can type really well drunk, can't it?), and I have to get up superearly for a lecture tomorrow. We'll see about the last one; I might just end up falling asleep in the middle of it anyway, even with coffee.
Love always,
Sumiko
Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. Again. You'd think that with my Calling it'd be easier to check my email more often, right? I guess I'm usually better at it but I'm readjusting to new meds and stuff. The doctor gave me a different prescription this time, since the last one obviously wasn't working out all that well. Or too well, I guess.
Anyway. I'll be looking into the Justin thing anyway; I mean, I've only met him once but all your postcards kind of gave him a place in my heart, y'know? And I know that sort of thing must be tearing you up. And you're my baby sister. You mean the world to me.
I don't know what to say about Kaden, though. Seems like everything I say about him falls on deaf ears with you -- don't get me wrong, you know I do it because I love you, right? And I mean, I guess I can't say I have the guardian bond or anything to tell me what his intentions actually are, but I'm getting so tired of the family apologizing for his behavior and I just. I worry. You know that. I don't care what he does to anyone else, but he's done enough to you.
Are you sure things are okay? I talked to Mom today and she said Dad's on the warpath to Chicago again. Wasn't he just there a few months ago? I know that was supposed to be to check on Molly (didn't she have to go back to rehab again or something?) but I know him and I know he'd be checking in on Kaden too. Did something happen?
I really hope you'll tell me if something did.
Um. Things are okay over here. I'm still adjusting to the meds, so I'm more scatterbrained than usual, which isn't helping me feel better but I've been in this place before and it's familiar. In a good way, I guess. It's just annoying. But yeah, went out for my birthday today (I guess that's yesterday, now...) with a couple of friends and everything, so today's been pretty good. Nice to take a break from academia for fun reasons, you know? ('-' *)
I was thinking about flying in again soon, if I can manage it. Would that be okay? I'd like to see you again. If that's okay. Though I think I'll wait until Dad's NOT there. He and I shouldn't be in the same town unless we have to be, and I wouldn't want to ruin the whole trip for you by like, punching him in the face or something.
Anyway, it's something ridiculous in the morning, and I'm pretty much sober at this point (I can type really well drunk, can't it?), and I have to get up superearly for a lecture tomorrow. We'll see about the last one; I might just end up falling asleep in the middle of it anyway, even with coffee.
Love always,
Sumiko