Make Me Yours
“Some mother you are.”
“It was terrifying at the time, but I can laugh now, Tessa. Why didn’t you move your hand? You could see the needle was coming at you.”
“I was frozen, Mom, I couldn’t move.” I relived that moment, the horror as the needle came closer, and my leg froze so I couldn’t move it off the peddle or move my hand away. “I just froze.”
“My poor baby, I shouldn’t laugh, but it was funny, now that I think about it.”