Wondering how anyone could have seen what we went through and just...stayed silent.

..I went home. A couple of years ago. I went looking for...my sister.

No one was in the house anymore. Even the tree out back was burned down. I had to go to the neighbor across the way to ask after them. She'd been there even longer than my family had, so she was the only one I could ask.

Talking to her, I realized she must have known. I mean...it seemed like she knew that something had happened. But she never said a word.

[there's no anger in her voice. Just... something quiet and a bit sad]