yet the truth has a way of finding its voice in the end , whether we will it or not , and i will it with every breath . i do n't know why i did n't call you sooner . it comes out funny , with the mucus in my nose . each of them was about a hundred years old , and even they could n't remember who was the oldest . unlike the mine , there were no tunnels leading in different directions . 'that invitation only arrived because my sister sent it behind my parent 's backs . 