Manuela’s POVI 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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