Mom, I Wouldn't Go Back to You
She lowered her head and looked at my hands—filthy, calloused, and covered in chilblains—then immediately let go.
I caught the flash of disgust in her eyes and almost laughed. I was only 18 years old, yet I looked older than she did.
Realizing how awkward the moment had become, she cleared her throat and continued, "Ella, your name isn't Salmonella. It's Ella Robinson. You're my daughter, while I'm Audrey Newman, your biological mother."
It was only then that I looked up.
Ella, the name that had followed me for 18 years, was what I thought had come from the people who raised me. I never imagined it had come from her.
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