now. Both of you.”
My mother’s face went red. “Don’t you dare speak to me that way. I am your mother, and I was trying to do something nice for this family—”
“GET OUT!”
I was screaming now, something I hadn’t done since I was a child. My hands were shaking. I pointed at the door.
They left. My mother’s protests faded as my father guided her out to their continue reading …