It was clear - it became clear to me once the calamity struck - that my sister and I couldn't stand being in that cage without grazing ourselves against every crack we found.
Yes, Roxanne. Your mother didn't die when you were born. She joined us in this adventure and ended up as the woman who tried the extent of Leonard's haughtiness. I lied to you. It is the only lie, I swear. But a child can't grow up knowing that her Mummy is buried in the garden because the person she has to call Father has killed her.
You can't imagine how hard it has been for me to go on living after that. And I did just for you. For all of you.
And I would have wished with all my heart that you'd never been able to name the grave hidden under the tree. But I can see that moments slip through our fingers and I don't want you, if destiny ever gives me the chance to make Leonard pay for his crimes, to have any reason to wonder why I did it."