Shallow River
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I can’t remember the last time my mother evoked any real emotion in me besides irritation and wanting her to die already.
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She calls me a few choice names—and I dutifully ignore her. Her lips tighten around the cigarette and she inhales until it’s nearly depleted. Good. Maybe she’ll die faster.
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“I should’ve aborted you,” she mutters, her beady little eyes glaring holes into me. “Oh, look. We can agree on something,” I answer, emotionless as ever...
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not when she has to save her energy for fucking men for drugs.
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That’s what everyone always says, right? I’d never let a man hit me. You don’t even realize that’s what has happened until it’s too late.