Let go of the hate

"I'm fine mom.” I flashed a smile to make her believe I was really fine, I wouldn’t want to bother my mother.

“If you say so.” My mother said after hesitation, I know she doesn’t quite believe in it, but since she didn’t stay with me for those long years, there was no way she could tell I was lying from my poker face.

She turned to Ivana and looked her all over. “Why do you look so pale Ivana, did Robin maltreat you while I was away?” She asked Ivana and I scoffed behind them.

“Mom, I am not a stepmother or something like that,” I told her as I rolled her luggage into the living room.

“You can tell me the truth Ivana, did he treat you badly while I was away?” My mother asked her and I glanced over Ivana.

“No he didn’t,” She said softly, but I know she was trying to keep the times I treated her badly from my mother, I smiled where I was, I know I wouldn’t want to treat her badly anymore. “We had a practice yesterday and my whole body aches, that must be the reason.” Ivana finished.

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