[...] It was so typical of her mother to act like she wasn’t wanted, so manipulative of her to say she wished she hadn’t come, to try to hurt the daughter who was in fact the only one in her life who took the time to talk to her and try to understand her, though it was no use anymore, she went on, straining at the edge of her voice, she was too old to be manipulated like that now, her mother could no longer make her feel bad for things she hadn’t done, she was no longer a child and was too old to keep playing these stupid fucking games.