Brave for Once
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Hearing this, Mom grew even angrier with me and dragged me upstairs.
The door closed, and my tears could not help but fall onto the floor.
"Mom, why is it that even though I'm your daughter, you always believe others?"
Mom let out a cold laugh.
"Don't I know you? I gave birth to you, after all.
"You've been afraid of everything since you were small, not like Freya. You can't do anything well... Just like your useless father!"
Her words carved into my bones like a knife.
But I also really wanted to be brave.