“Joey, wait, wait, please don’t do this.” Grabbing onto my hands, my mother dropped to her knees in front of me, and the move made me want to die. “Don’t take them from me.” “I can’t leave them here,” I choked out, feeling too much for her, as my heart gunned in my chest. “And you’ve made your choice.” She had. Whether she denied it or not, she chose him. She would always choose him. But this time, I was choosing my siblings over her. “You don’t understand,” she wailed. “You don’t see.” “Then get up, Mam.” Tears filled my eyes, and it honestly felt like she stuck her hand through my chest and
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