With anger in her eyes, she yelled into the phone, "You are such a jinx! I shouldn't have asked for your custody. I should have let your violent father beat you to death."
Yolanda patted her back and comforted her, "Mom, don't be angry. It's not worth it to get yourself hurt over such a small matter."
Mary's anger and aggrieved emotions finally found an outlet in her beloved daughter.
"If it wasn't for her, how could I have endured domestic violence from my ex-husband for so many years? I suffered so much in the fight for her custody. Sam even injured his leg while saving her."
I had heard these words since I was a child.
Because I felt sorry for her, those things became her bargaining chip to control me.
Sam's leg was not injured because of saving me.
"Mom, take care of yourself. You guys eat first, and leave the matter of contacting Alice to me."
After Yolanda comforted Mary, she sent me a lot of voice messages.
"Now is not the time to be angry. Don't be so selfish. Mom has suffered so much for you. How can you bear to make her so angry?
"You'd better come up with a good reason to explain what happened today.
"If you don't want those photos of you to be leaked, turn on your phone and answer the phone immediately."
Although she tried her best to conceal her anger, her tone was still filled with malice.
A few minutes later, she put away her phone and went to comfort Tony, who was still angry.
Yolanda always played the role of a good person in this family except in front of me.
3
Mary prepared lunch, brought the food to the bedroom, and placed it in front of Sam.
Sam lowered his head and sighed, hitting his left leg continuously.
His sighs were filled with self-blame and guilt.
"If it weren't for this leg, I wouldn't have lost my job as the security captain at the factory, and Alice wouldn't have to sacrifice so much for this family.
"Alice must hate us. It's all because of my incompetence."
Mary's face was full of love. She hugged Sam and kept comforting him. "She is just a jinx. You shouldn't have saved her back then but let the car run her over.
"She can't dislike us. She owes our family."
Mary became angrier and angrier. Finally, she couldn't control herself and picked up the phone and yelled through gritted teeth, "Alice, don't even think about escaping. Even if you want to die, you have to die at home."
When she mentioned me, her eyes were full of disgust and anger.