Adah's POV
The moment I stepped through the front door, fury coursed through my veins like wildfire. My footsteps echoed through the hallway as I stormed toward my mother's room, not caring who heard me coming.
"Mother!" I called out, pushing her door open without knocking. She looked up from her book, startled by my sudden entrance.
"Adah, darling, what's wrong?" she asked, setting the book aside.
"What's wrong?" I laughed bitterly, my hands clenching into fists. "You forced me to go to that mall with them. You literally blackmailed me into it!"
Her face softened with what looked like guilt. "I thought it would help you all bond—"
"Bond?" I interrupted, my voice rising. "Do you have any idea what I've been through with them? Every single day at that school, they found new ways to hu
