Oh, I'm sure my mum/your gran loved that, or maybe she expected it. Is that where you work? Are you one of those magical detectives, too? You know, I get that. As much as someone who hasn't experienced that situation can, anyway. I think as kids, we all want to be selfish like that. Even sometimes at the risk of everything else. Because maybe just what if is so powerful. For me being here is weird, because my parents are my parents as individuals, but they're not my parents together if you know what I mean.
My mum/your gran says that family's important. She never talks about her parents or anything, but she's always saying that all of us siblings need to be best friends cradle to grave. Which is sorta morbid, but also kinda nice.