What I Learned in Childhood, He Carries Into Adulthood

Stacey's parents' fear of the Nortenios and the threat of violence acted out against their children? That had come to make sense. What one learns in childhood, he carries into adulthood. And I wondered how that truth would play itself out. It was funny. I'd gone in the garage a thousand times in five years but never experienced the slightest bit of discomfort. But now it felt like something more than memories had been stirred up by Thakila's friend request. As if a part of me from long ago had awakened, a part that squirmed at its proximity for the promise, the threat of what nested in its veil.