GIA:
“I did not raise you to be this stubborn,” Mom explained. “When I say you jump, you jump. You're not going to question my decision, you hear me? My decision keeps us alive after your Dad left us. Without me, we would be dead by now.”
“You want me to blindly follow you? You wanted me to become a brainless zombie?”
“What else? It's better for you to blindly follow. I know what is best for you because you are my daughter. I'm only doing this because I love you.”
I smiled bitterly, feeling the sting on my cheeks.
It was no longer a surprise that she could hurt me like this. She was always like this when I did not follow her.
I stepped back.
“You claim to love me, but you dared hurt me? I did not believe hurting your loved ones is synonymous with loving them.”
“You!”
“I'm sorry, M
