The One
Mum went quiet and took her stare away from me.
“I am a bad mother", she said, breaking her silence. “I know I am, I'm also a bad daughter, a bad friend, a bad niece, a bad lover, a bad. . . .”
She began crying. When she plays this card, it's always game over for me.
“Mum, that's just not true, I don't know about the rest, but I'm pretty sure you aren't a bad mother.”
“Oh, I am though, I lied about your father being dead when he was very much alive. In fact, his kind, unless killed, stays alive forever.”
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