“I'm sorry that I used violence, but I don't regret it,” her mom said. Her eyes were red, she was obviously pained. Ashley's words felt like arrows that pierced through her heart.
“Why on earth would you call your own mom a w***e? Huh? You really think I got myself a boyfriend for the sake of making out?” Her Mom yelled.
“I never called you a w***e and, obviously, you love your boyfriend more than you love me, judging by how you were quick to slap me”, Ashley said and ran to her room angrily. Her eyes were already teary.
“I hate you!” She yelled.
After she was gone, her Mom sat down on a couch and cried. She was so hurt and it was so hard for her to act cool about the whole thing.
At night, the two of them skipped dinner, because they were both not ready to face each other and talked
