[ Natalie listens, uncertain. She envies people lucky enough to have some semblance of a family bond, but that's not her. (And she doesn't even know the half of it in Annie's case.) She shrugs helplessly. ] My parents have a history of issues, like, before I happened. It's not that they hate me, it's just that I'm always secondary to their problems. Even more so, like, being this far from home.