At a family gathering, Diane snatched a plate of roasted chicken away just as four-year-old Evan reached for food.
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Chapter 9
We learned Diane had done the same to Emily.
Not as often as Daniel.
Different weapon.
Emily loved dessert.
So sweets disappeared when she disappointed her mother.
Birthday cake withheld once because she talked back.
Ice cream thrown away.
Halloween candy donated without asking after a bad report card.
Small things people laugh about in family stories.
Until you notice the pattern.
Diane controlled pleasure through food.
Daniel controlled himself by always feeding others.
Emily learned to laugh before becoming the target.
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And I entered the family years later without understanding either.
Generations of behavior can look like personality from the outside.
