Mary stepped even closer to me, closing the distance until the heat of her frantic breath brushed against my skin. She was standing so incredibly close that I could easily see the tiny, pulsing red veins in her angry eyes, which were wide with a manic kind of hatred.
"It is absolutely none of your business, Mary!" I shouted, the words tearing from my throat. My voice was trembling and shaking with fear, but I forced my shoulders back and tried my absolute best to look brave in front of her. "What do you even want from me at this point? Why can't you just leave me alone and walk away for once in your life?"
Mary let out a low, mean laugh that vibrated unpleasantly in the quiet air, her lips curling into a cruel sneer. "What do I want from you? That is incredibly simple, Amanda. I want you
