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Chapter 67
Mariah (Catherine)
My head hurts. My back hurts. My feet hurt. Everything hurts and I am tired as hell. And because of this Nick has cried, nagged, refused to walk and thrown three tantrums, THREE, on the way home from the daycare. The walk is barely twenty minutes and still he managed to squeeze in three. Nothing I do is right. I collected his backpack after asking him to do it two times but no, he wanted to get it himself! I said that we would eat pasta carbonara, but the only thing he eats today is pizza. And then the rock he was kicking flew out on the street and I forbade him to get it. Sometimes I just wished I had someone to share the load with. Someone who could get him from daycare, play with him, get him ready for bed and all that.
The door slams shut behind me and I sigh. At least I got us home in one piece. N
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