My mom isn’t evil like my dad; she’s just weak. She never stood up for Darby or me one single time, instead letting our father spew his hatred. She was content to sit back and watch, to play trophy wife and let us wither away. I think if I had never become a mother myself, I might have forgiven her for it, but I know that I’d go to the ends of the Earth for my daughter’s well-being. No status, money, or stability a man could provide me would keep me from putting her first. So, seeing my own mom put my sister and me behind herself time and time again only proved my fears that she simply doesn’t
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