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S3-Chapter 25

Author: Maria Anita
Manuela’s POV

I went with Rick to the break room to get some coffee. I really needed to talk to someone, but Catherine was at home because of her pregnancy and Joseph's threats, and Sam already had enough problems too. So I didn't want to burden the girls with this drama, and I didn't want to call Flavian because of my mother's tantrums.

"So, sweetie, what happened?" Rick placed a coffee mug in front of me and sat next to me at the floor's break room table.

For half an hour, I talked, venting to him about how my mother treated me, about how I had left home practically like a fugitive, about buying a car - well, I talked about everything. He listened to me attentively.

"Manu, you know your mother is toxic and abusive, don't you?" Rick looked at me and realized the weight his words carried.

"Yes, Rick, I know, but she's my mother, the woman who gave me life. How do you distance yourself from your own mother?" I said, feeling a lump forming in my throat.

"By doing what you did - moving ou
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