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41: Tortured By Mom

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Kristen's POV

I am drying my hands when someone enters the restroom.

"Kristen," it's mom when I look in the mirror.

"Hey, Mom, you're here," there's still guilt raging deep inside of me, but I don't feel as bad as before because everything between me and Calhoun has ended.

"Of course, I wanted to speak with you," she puts her hand on my shoulder and smiles sweetly at me. Except it doesn't reach her eyes or I imagined it?

No, it's truly fake.

"I know what it's about, Mother. I apologize for avoiding you," I tear my gaze away from hers.

And she doesn't respond; she just locks the door and slips the key into the top of her dress.

"Why did you do that?" Puzzled, I blink.

"I am here to talk, Kristen," she still has that fake smile on her face, smiling with her teeth this time just makes her creepy.

She rakes her fingers through my hair, "By the way I like what you've done with your hair, being twenty-one just makes you a full fledge adult, you can fuck as you want."

Heat crawls on my cheek
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