CHAPTER 141

She looked shocked, but it quickly washed away with a look of realization.

“How do you think it would make me feel to hear you killed yourself, huh? She loved you, Mum! Her last words to me were to take care of you! Why can’t you see that we’ve always seen the good mother in you? Why can’t you see what Aria has always seen—what I have always seen?” I yelled, the tears falling.

I knew that yelling at someone who was on the verge of suicide wasn’t smart, but I kept so much bottled in, that I felt the need to explode.

“You’re right. I am being selfish, and I need to stop. I know I have issues, Anastasia. I know I have troubles that I need to work through. I swear to never do anything like this again if you swear to never let me get in the way of you being happy,” she whispered.

I sat down on the bed, sniffling my tears, pulling her into my embrace once again. The anger I felt quickly left my body at the feeling of my mother holding onto me.

“You need to give yourself a lot more credit. S