“I already did. For years.” I leaned toward him. “And you thanked me by kicking me out of your life.”
Mom's lips quivered. "We thought... you'd understand." I sighed loudly and shook my head. "Oh, I see."
I looked at her. "I realize I was never part of your family. Just a purse."
Silence again. But this time it was oppressive and suffocating. I turned to Eric, who had been pretending he wasn't there the entire time.
"What about you? Do you have an explanation?" "You've had years to grow up. Take control of your life."
I was just starting to do something. But you didn't."I stopped and, looking him straight in the eye, said the last thing I had to say:
“Because you knew they would always