Chapter 153

Calla impatiently said, "Mom, that's not the point! I just don't want Zoey to start dating too early."

"Zoey is already in college. What's wrong with her having a boyfriend?" Carol insisted stubbornly.

"Zoey should be focusing on her studies right now. She needs to rely on herself; men can't be trusted." Calla tried her best to explain.

Carol sneered at that. "Haven't you been relying on yourself all these years? And yet, you don't even have a job now!"

That remark hit Calla hard. She clutched her chest, saying, "Mom, even if I'm not particularly talented, haven't I been supporting you both all these years?"

Calla couldn't understand why her mother and sister, who had always been close to her, were suddenly so against her. They both kept digging into her old wounds recently.

"So you're saying your mother is useless and can't support you?" Carol sounded hurt, her voice tinged with tears.

"I didn't mean that," Calla replied softly. Feeling defeated, she retreated to her room.

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