Helanie:
"Mom," I don't know what came over me, but seeing my mother, after knowing I couldn't be a mom because their brother had taken that chance from me, made me vulnerable and craving her attention all over again.
And strangely enough, this time— she was ready to give me that love. She rushed over and knelt in front of me, hugging me tightly.
Her hug was so soothing at that moment that I broke down crying into her chest.
"Oh, so now you care about her?" Darcy's voice cut through the air with a weird disbelief as she questioned my mother's love for me.
"I always did."
As soon as my mother said that, I broke the hug and looked at her face, then turned to Darcy, watching for her reaction. She looked like she had seen a ghost.
"Oh, you fucking fooled us all," Darcy snapped. The way she clenched her fists and shook them toward my mother gave me goosebumps.
The two of them locked eyes in a fierce stare-off, and surprisingly, it was my mother who was smirking through her tears.
