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Shame hit my body instantly

“No!” Christian shouted “I a bullshit! She could have killed soht, Kinley!”

“I know! Okay?! But what am I supposed to do? She’s my mom!”

“She needs consequences She’s never going to change if you’re always there in with Enough is enough She’s drowning, and I can’t watch you be her life vest anymore I worry about you constantly When I’m in class, at the hospital, it never ends!”

“I know I’m sorry”

“I don’t need to hear your apologies What I need is for you to let her go, so she can figure it out on her own You’re not her hter She needs to learn her role and stop thinking you’re the one who’s supposed to be taking care of her You’ve done it for the last twenty-four years of your life Howto waste on her?”

“That’s not fair! She’s sick! How can I make you understand that?”

“I know she’s sick, but she doesn’t do anything todrink herself into oblivion The oing to be to get her brain to work correctly again She’s self- herself, and the worst part is she’s taking you with her and you don’t see it”

“You think it’s so easy to just let her go? To just cut her off? She’s my mom, and I love her! She’s all I have”

“Bullshit! You have me! You have my family! You have your pain in the ass best friend! You’re not alone any to be here for you All you’re doing is driving a wedge between us by enabling your mother”

I shook oing through You have no idea what it feels like to know she’s a good person She’s a great mom when she’s sober and on her meds You saw her, Christian She’s still there, that woman is still inside of her She’s just buried deep within her illness and addiction If she won’t fight for herself, then I’hter would do!”

“Ugggg…” Moround, co and the war she was starting with me and Christian

“Kinley,” Jax coaxed “Christian is right You can’t keep babying her You’re going to have to let her figure it out on her own I know she’s your mom, but what the fuck? Look at her!” He pointed to her “She doesn’t even care what she’s doing to you! She barely knohere she’s at right now When is that going to compute with you?”

“Moet her to stand “Coet up I’ll drive you home”

“Over my dead body!”

“Christian! Stop! I’ her home We can talk about this later”