I’m angry in that moment. Violently angry. I’m furious at every unfit woman in the world who claims the title of “mother” when they are anything but. They are not a guidance or warmth or nurturing hug. They’re a disease. They infect vulnerable, innocent children, poisoning them with untruths and cruel delusions, branding them with scars they will carry forever. Parker’s mother. Amelia’s mother. Even Charlie’s mother, with her wicked words and sharp tongue, after she had once told me that I was like a daughter to her. I’m angry in that moment, I’m so angry at mothers like that, but I’m also
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