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“My mother's like that. Please, don't think about it like that. She is just doing all she can to protect what she loves. Even though she's going about it all wrong.”
“She hated me the moment she laid her eyes on me.”
“You can't possibly think that.”
“There's no way I won't continue to play that event in my head.”
“Maybe I can fill it with more fun memories?” I ask as I slowly take her hands in mine. I stroke my thumb over her knuckles.
Paislee looks up at me, and I'm glad to find her eyes dried up.
“I'm not sure I want to continue to do this anymore.” She tells me quietly as she takes her hands slowly away.
My heart plummets, and I blink the sudden bleakness I feel away.
“Why don't we talk about this when we get home?”
Paislee sighs softly but nods and begins to move toward the car. I push the passenger door open for her, and she settles in.
