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To say that it's a harsh email is putting it mildly. Janeen's exact words were, "If my parents sent me this email, there'd be a gun to my head."

Raven's parents recently got back together. They were never officially divorced, just separated. Uncle John never wanted a divorce and Theressa never pushed for it either.

We were all shocked that Uncle John won Theressa back. Come to find out, Theressa also wanted to take Uncle John back, but she held off.

Raven confronted her parents about why they didn’t get back together when she was younger if they were never divorced. And why they are now back together after she is grown and they have no more obligation towards me.

Initially, they refused to answer Raven's first few emails. Raven was attending college and didn't have much face to face interaction with them. But she kept pestering them continuously for an answer.

I was almost proud of her. The non-confrontational Raven was gone, only to be replaced by a Raven who demands answers without backing down.

After a decent amount of pestering, Theressa snapped. She got intoxicated and sent Raven a drunken email detailing her with an answer. A lot of the words were slurred, filled with typos. It was clear how heavily intoxicated Theressa was while typing.

Nonetheless, the email was awful. No parents should even entertain those types of thoughts in their minds, let alone put it on paper.

It finally made sense why Raven spent her life being non-confrontational. Sometimes the truth is so horrifying that it's best if it was never uttered.

Theressa told Raven that she never wanted the responsibilities of being a mother. That Raven was an accident. Theressa wanted to continue her career as a model but her religious boyfriend (aka Uncle John) would not allow her to get an abortion.

Theressa even admitted that if they didn’t have children, she would have taken Uncle John along with her to Europe when she was first offered a job. It was too much responsibility to take a child so, she left them both behind.

She blamed Raven for their separation.

Theressa even said that she couldn't take Uncle John back while he lived in Africa without having to explain why the family was reuniting while Raven was being left behind in New York. She talked about how it would have further destroyed her image in front of everyone they knew.

It really was an awful email, and hard to digest.

Worst of all, I think Raven believed them that she is the reason for driving a wedge in their marriage.

Theressa is such a fucking narcissistic bitch.

I had shake my head multiple times while reading that email. It was tough pill to swallow.

Something like this can push you over the edge. I know Milo and I are too jaded about Tessa's opinion. But Mia is not, and neither is Raven.

If Mia had received that email from Tessa, it would have been a one-way ticket to the looney bin.

How the hell has Raven been dealing with this, especially without the Sinclair clan support?

So, when Janeen suggested this trip, something inside me knew that I couldn't say no.

Ever since sending that email, both of her parents have been drowning in guilt.

From what I have heard, they have been trying to make amends with their daughter. But from the looks of it, I don't think their efforts are working.

I noticed the changes in Raven the moment she walked in. I might have been distracted by her beauty, but I also noticed the dark circles around her eyes. She looks anorexic, and void of life.

I start scrounging around for alcohol from the fully stocked fridge while I wait for Raven to get ready.

This is going to be a long weekend.

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This weekend flew by. I thought it was going to be excruciating. A disaster. In reality, it wasn't half bad.

It’s difficult to get a rise out of Raven. Derailing her has no effect because she doesn’t react. Nor did she hold any grudges about how I spoke to her the last time we saw each other. So, it was easy to act civil.

The first night we got to Costa Rica, we went out to dinner. Our friends arrived later that night, giving Raven and I time to catch up and “make amends.”