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"This is going to be a difficult thing to hear, but it's important for us to be honest with you."

My siblings and I shared a silent confusion. What, was there about to be some dark family secret under police investigation? Did Grandma have cancer? We were all adults by now, so it had to be something important to bring us all together.

My mother sighed, a tinge of embarrassment touching her face. "We're getting a divorce."

"What?" We'd never noticed a significant problem with their marriage. "Why? What happened?"

"I'm gay," my father admitted. "I just never wanted to accept it. After you came out and started to transition, I started thinking about everything from my youth and realized..."

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