Her eyes locked onto me, filled with unmistakable disappointment. "So this is why you refused to see Ralph all this time? You’ve been living here, kept by that Hart boy?"
I frowned and cut her off coldly. "I’m not being kept by anyone. And Ralph and I have nothing to do with each other anymore."
Without warning, my mother raised her hand and slapped me hard across the face.
"You ungrateful daughter!" She screamed as she hit me again. “Do you even know that, because of you, Ralph and Sophie have been fighting constantly these days? The other day, Ralph even wanted Sophie to abort the baby! What exactly do you want? Are you trying to break them apart? Trying to anger me to death? How did I give birth to such a selfish, vicious daughter?! You were the one who didn’t like that Hart boy in t
