..... Liv ..... My heart stops for a moment, freezing in disbelief. Did she really just say that? The world around me blurs, and I feel a rage building up inside like a storm about to break. “What did you just say?” I scream, and she tries to placate me. “Calm down, Liviana,” she says with a shaky voice, but that only serves to anger me more and I explode, my voice reaching a piercing crescendo. “Calm down? f*****g calm down! Why would you sell Chase’s shoes? I told you to take just the tuxedo! How could you?” The words tumble out like a waterfall, each one laced with fury and betrayal. I am unable to even look at my mother right now, as all the feelings I felt when she confessed that she had lied to me all these years come crashing back. I lost everything because of her. If she had

