"He wanted me to get along with them. I just did what he wanted me to do. By the way.” She looked straight at me with an amusing smile. “Why don’t you get along with Willow? She’s so pretty and doesn’t have a scandalous and weird reputation. She’s a good girl from a pleasant home. Even though she’s friends with that girl, she’s not influenced by Violet.”
“How do you know?”
“Well, it’s pretty obvious, isn’t it?”
“Mom, I love her. I wanna date her. I don’t care about what you think and don’t tell me who to date because it’s Violet that I want. She’s the only one I will ever love, okay?” I ran up the staircase to not hear what else she had to say.
“James.” She called after me, but I ignored her. I didn’t have the energy to argue with her. I was exhausted, and I needed some space for mysel
