"You know what you are? A crazed psycho-chick!"
"Steven," Nathan's voice pleaded rather than commanded.
"Someone has to tell Miss Looney-Tunes here that she flipped her lid. Our mother abandoned us when I was a baby, lady. How convenient that she shows up AFTER our father died."
"I only wanted the best for you, for all of you then – and now, there are reasons…"
Steven faced Natalie. "I have no mother. I grew up without one just fine for eighteen years and I'll get along like that for the rest of my life. You know what, lady? I don't care if you really are our mother. I will always hate you/her/whoever for the rest of my life. I'm out of this dump."
"Steven, wait-" Nathan knew as he said it that it was a useless thing to say, but it just seemed necessary anyway.
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