Her voice was brimming with overeager triumph and anticipation. "Once you two get divorced, I'll come clean to that old man right away! Then, the two of us can be together forever!"
Those words shattered the last ridiculous bit of illusion I had about this world.
All the strength drained out of my body.
I couldn't stand anymore.
My legs went weak, and my whole body slid down the cold bar counter before collapsing onto the floor.
My ears were ringing, and darkness clouded my vision in waves.
It turned out, to my mom, I was never her daughter at all.
My marriage was fake.
My family was fake too.
Everything I had cherished and protected was fake.
Dead silence hung over the coffee shop.
The only sound was my mother's repeating, "Hello? Hello?"
When she got no response, she finally
