Eva’s POVThe moment I turned to leave, I thought the worst of it was already behind me, that whatever cruelty had been thrown at me in that office had already reached its peak and there was nothing left that could possibly cut deeper, but then my mother’s voice rose sharply behind me, breaking through the air like something breaking entirely.“I’ve had enough.” My mother yelled. Her words were not just loud, they were sharp enough to freeze my steps mid-motion, and slowly, I turned back around because something in her tone felt different this time, not controlled anger, not frustration, but something unrestrained, something almost venomous.Sarah’s chest was rising and falling rapidly now, her hands clenched at her sides as she stared at me with a kind of hatred I had never fully allowed myself to acknowledge before, and when she spoke again, her voice was louder, more unhinged than before.“You have brought nothing but misfortune into this family,” she shouted, her voice cracking sl
Read more