Not yours anymore

Junia’s P.O.V

“Take a deep breath, Junia. Just breathe” Betty said, concern laced in her voice while I clutched my heart tightly, trying to quell the pain surging inside of me but no matter what, no matter how sharp my mum’s words pierced through my heart, I wouldn't let it break me.

She would never break me! Not on this day.

But despite the pain that surged inside of me, there was this unexplainable anger that soon swelled in my heart. An anger that created a fiery pit in my stomach.

Betty placed her hands on my shoulder, turning me to face her. “I know how you feel. I am your best friend and I regret making you pick that call and for the records, your mom sucks for saying those terrible words to you but Junia, today is your birthday, you can't just ruin it because of your mom’s archaic mentality”

My mom's words repeated in my head and no matter how much I wanted to discard her words, they just lingered on, piercing my heart like a thousand prickling needles.

The only thing I wanted