The disdain of a mother

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"I've been in my hometown for a day and it's been a total nightmare. I regret coming here. Nothing has gone as I had hoped, and I even received a surprise that has left me disappointed and wanting to end my life. But I try my best to push away those thoughts because of Lucero's persistent gaze. For now, we're staying at Adal's house, thank God Lucero remembered and had a key. The worst part is that my suitcase with our phones is at my parents' house, and I have no intention of going there when they've been pretending to be sick to support a freeloading daughter that I never knew existed.

"I'm tired of seeing you like this. It's not because I'm a bad woman, but remember that I told you a thousand times that your parents were taking advantage of you," Lucero says, interrupting my thoughts. "It's too much for you to be like this because of that damn bitch. We should call your husband."

But I can't do that. Lucero doesn't understand that I can't call Adal or tell him what my p