Harper kept Abby from confessing for the first time:
I am not hiding you, I am hiding me, okay? Our entire life, we have been expected to be these perfect, golden children. Love in our house wasn't something we just got for free. It is something we competed for, and if we veered off their course, we lost it. I know it's messed up ok? I get it. But they are my parents. And I am scared that if I tell them who I really am, I will lose them. And I know, if I don't tell them, I will lose you. I don't want to lose you.
John comforted Abby: (I like this paragraph so much, so the favorability value for this reliable gay honey has increased)
Harper not coming out to her parents has nothing to do with you. My dad kicked me out of the house and didn't talk to me for 13 years after I told him. Everybody's story is different. There's your version and my version and everything in between. But the one thing that all of those stories have in common is that moment right before you say those words, when your heart is racing and you don't know what's coming next. That moment's really terrifying. And once you say those words, you can't unsay them. A chapter has ended, and a new one's begun, and you have to be ready for that. You can't do it for anyone else. Just because Harper isn't ready, it doesn' t mean she will never be, and it doesn't mean she doesn't love you.
Harper came out to his parents:
I'm gay, and I'm in love with Abby. I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys sooner, but I know how much apprearances and reputation matter to you, and me being gay just didn't fit into the plan. But I let myself hurt Riley because I was so scared that you would find out I wasn't who you wanted me to be, and I still regret it. I can't do that to Abby, and throw away our life together . So I am done being scared, and I am done keeping secrets. I love you.
Father and daughters reconciled on Christmas Day:
I love you, girls. And I'm sorry for making you think that anything could ever get in the way of that. I want to do better, and it will take time. But all I want for you is to find the same joy and happiness that you have given me, no matter where it comes from.
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