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I need to tell her and I open my mouth to do just that when she beats me to the punch. “I mean, if you want to bring your stuff, you’ll have a place to put them.”
Goddamn, she’s breaking my heart as surely as I will be breaking hers in the very near future.
Just not today.
“This is awesome! You just surprised me, that's all.” I walk into her arms and squeeze her, perhaps too tight, but it feels like she’s slipping away even if I’m the one pulling.
She squeezes me back as fiercely. “What’s the matter, sweet girl?”
So many things.
Why is life so unfair?
Why can’t I just be with the woman who makes me feel like I’m someone special for the first time in my pathetic existence?
And why on earth do I have to hurt the only person who will ever love me?
Instead, I say, “Nothing, baby, I’m just tired.”
She pulls away to look me over with concern, and I want to tell her how unworthy I am of her. “Come on, let me put you to bed.”
I shake the thought away as I unlock my parent’s front door. I need a clear head. It’s like walking into a war zone lately.
Both of them should be at work, but the same could be said the three prior times I stopped by and was ambushed by my mother. As I step over the threshold, I already know today won’t be any different. There she is, my beautiful mother, otherwise known as a tiny tyrant.
I mean, it’s ridiculous if I really consider how much she controls me. I’m tiny, but my mother is even smaller. So, why the hell have I always been afraid of her?
“Hi, mommy,” I grit out.
Obsidian eyes narrow. “Don’t take that tone with me, Sakura.”
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
She rises from the plastic covered sofa and stalks toward me. I hate myself for taking a step back, but it seems no matter how much I psyche myself up, I’ll never stop fearing her.
She waves a ruby tipped finger at me. “You’re such a spoiled, rotten, good for nothing brat.”
I sigh. “What did I do now?”
She jerks at me, and I yelp like the coward I am, which appears to appease her if I go by the wicked little smirk that grows.
“Where were you last night?”
I wrack my brain, trying to remember if I had plans with them. It hits me at the same time that she opens her mouth to release more vitriol. “I’m so sorry, mommy. The dinner completely slipped my mind.”
She grits her teeth. “You will make it up to me.”
Oh God. Nothing good will come of this.
Just as I suspected. “Until further notice you are under house arrest. The Sato’s were kind enough to reschedule for tonight. You’re very lucky your husband-to-be is so kind and understanding.”
Fuck!
Up until this point, I’ve managed to avoid meeting the man I’m to marry. It seems my time is finally up.
Chapter Thirty
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