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It wasn’t going to work this time

“Get out”

“What?” Richard asked, looking at her in disbelief

“Givewith emotion “I can’t handle this anymore I can’t handle you!” she snapped

“You’re going to kicklike he barely believed it, and alh

“Yes! I’ive et your act together!” she snapped

“You can’t You can’t do that I’m your son!”

“You may have been my son once but I didn’t raise you to be like this! Whoever you are now is not my son!” she screamed

He started to back toward the door, his eyebrows furrowed in anger “I should have known this was corabbing his keys and throwing them at her

The keys it her in the chest and then fell to the floor It didn’t faze her She just stared at hi and steady She could break once he was gone

“This is your fault,” he whispered “You never stood up to that dick until he hit you! You let him abuse us for years! I’ toward the door

He slammed it behind him and Marie heard the squeal of his tires as he sped off down the street Her legs quivered and finally gave out as she sunk into her bed, whi hands to cover her face Why did it have to be like this? Why couldn’t she just have a nore and a normal family?

She drew in a deep breath and sat up, eyes focused straight ahead There was no point in wondering why things happened the way they did If she wasn’t happy with it then she needed to change it She collected herself and stood up, going to the bathroo the keys her son had thrown at her off the floor They could stay there

She took her tiht She didn’t want to be a mess when she went back to Mystique She wanted to co around in sheer clothing

After she got herself dolled up in a short black dress and bright lips, she took a breath and walked out her front door,as silent promise to herself that her life fro to be unhappy for anyone else anymore