ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS
How come just a minute ago, when my mother was talking to me, she made her voice so dead and flat and hollow that the mere sound of it flooded me with guilt,
but when the telephone rang just now, and she picked it up, her voice was a perfectly cheerful, bright and lively chirp?
And how come this makes me feel like slapping her so hard across her face that the shape of my hand will leave a stinging print?
I HATE HER
I hate her for destroying my dress. Hate her for going ballistic. Hate her for all her screaming and crying and for making me feel like I'm the worst daughter in the world.
I hate her for being so controlling. Hate her for being so melodramatic. Hate her for fighting with Dad all the time and for never once admitting in her whole entire life that anything could ever possibly be her fault.
I hate her for watching TV all day. Hate her for not ever talking to me. Hate her for not ever listening to me. And I hate her for not being more like Rachel's mom. Or like Grace's.
I hate her. I hate her. I hate her.
But I hate hating her. I hate it.
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