Perfect Daughter Academy: My Mom's Biggest Regret
Ever since I decide to repeat my senior year due to me not doing well in my SATs, Mom views me as the biggest pain in her ass.
After all, I have the potential to get into a prestigious university, and yet my grades are only good enough for me to land a spot in a regular university. To her, it's extremely humiliating.
Mom often looks at me with red-rimmed eyes.
"Natalie Jones, after your father cheated on me, I raised you all by myself. If you don't succeed in life, you're basically forcing me to die."
She did what she said.
If I don't get a perfect score in Math, Mom won't hesitate to jump into a river.
If I don't emerge as the top student of the year, she will slit her wrist.
I'm worried that Mom might commit more outrageous antics, so I explain to her tentatively, "The truth is, I'm sick…"
Without even bothering to look at me, Mom continues speaking to me coldly.
"You'd rather curse yourself than study.
"I've enrolled you into a prep academy so that you can learn how to be a perfect daughter, not the filthy liar you're being right now."
I can only clutch the report that states I have late-stage brain cancer in my hand.
Later on, I use the remaining seven days in my life on attending the course that will apparently teach me how to become Mom's perfect daughter.