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My mom shook her head “I knew that job was trouble”

“Oh, please You couldn’t have foreseen this, not even with your nagging-mom-skills”

My ht away It was a system she had put in place, obviously Whenever she didn’t like what I said, she looked hurt If it didn’t work, she started crying I wasn’t up for that tonight It took everything I had not to cry myself

“What does it matter anyway?” I asked “It was just dinner”

It was a lie, but even if it had only been dinner and nothing had happened, I h, that was a lie too I wouldn’t have stayed over if it had only been a business dinner It was everything after that had gotten me to where I was now

My mom stood up and walked toward the television before she turned around, one hand on her hip

“You can’t fool around like this I know you’re angry about what happened with Daniel, but acting out isn’t going to fix anything”

“Is that what you think this is?” I groaned “Oh my God, Mom How old do you think I am?”

“Well, I’m not so sure I didn’t raise you to make dumb decisions like this I didn’t raise you to throw your life away I was so nant with you”

I groaned inwardly Here ent again My mom never failed to tell me about how her life would have been different if she’d had me later in life

“You have to look out for yourself, watch your back You can’t trust hi you”

I shookabout him”

“I know everything I need to know,”the article atlike this to a wo”

“I’m an executive assistant,” I said

“After this, you’ll be lucky to be employed at all”