Housewife Gone Wild

Chapter 49.

Chapter 49

“Stop crying,” I said, my face cold. “If I didn’t love you, how would you have grown up at all?

“I just want you to understand that if you want real love, you have to give it back. It’s not that I’m treating you badly. It’s that you never appreciate anything.”

Yvonne froze for a second and then went right back to sulking. “Anyway, you just don’t love me anymore. Grandma said if you don’t love me, Daddy will just find a bunch of other women to love me. I don’t need you.”

I was stunned. That was exactly the kind of thing Sally would say. It looked like she had been filling Yvonne’s head with this behind my back.

This was why Yvonne didn’t take me seriously. In the Holcomb family, I had no standing or voice. I was invisible. No wonder Yvonne didn’t respect me as her mom.

I understood what I had failed to realize in my previous life, and the thought was bitter and sad.

no matter what. Otherwise, even my own family

me and your dad to get divorced,” I said, crossing my legs and leaning back

Dad so much. If he dumped you, you’d cry your eyes out. Don’t

you think of me, Yvonne? That your mom has no backbone?” I

it out the door before

past.

nothing to say because

I’m going to be strong. Yvonne, if you still think of me as your mom, you’d better start respecting me. If not, you’ll

take your medicine. If you don’t, I won’t go

as she picked up the cup and forced the pills into her mouth one

I turned away

Yvonne hugged her blanket, cried for a bit, and then drifted off to

sofa, feeling heavy and bitter inside.

now.