27- A Mother and A Child

“How can you let him slip from your hand?” Mom asks in an incredibly angry voice, making me huff out of frustration.

“Cut it out, mom.” I plead, turning my attention back to washing dishes. “It's been 2 days for fucks's sake!”

She doesn't calm down, instead she fumes in anger, “Don't talk to me like that, young lady! I'm your mother.”

“Then act like a mother.” I mumble under my breath, getting tired of her endless demands and whines.

She has been living here since the day she flew from Arizona. If it wasn't enough, her soon to be husband thinks he is invited here any time of the day. My once safe place has turned into a mess, a mess which suffocates me every second I'm in here. I'm tired of it. First Lily and now I'm caring for my mom and her new man-child.

“What did you say?” She demands to know, getting closer to me.

“First, you let a rich man walk out and then you talk back to me? How can you be so useless? He could get us out of this hellish life if only you knew how t