Glory Gone
“No. I do not need it anymore.”
My emotionless reply surprised her, but she soon laughed in a sharp, mocking tone. “Joseph, did you fall off the cliff and break your head? Looks like you learned a few tricks these past few days. Have you decided to give up?”
A dull sadness spread through me, and I let out a small, self‑mocking laugh.
My mother was dead. She no longer needed Jaime’s drug, and Jaime could no longer threaten me.
Jaime noticed my silence and softened her tone. “It is only medication. I will give it to you. Wait for me to come home tonight.”