Bridget:

“Good morning my darling, how come you’re home? I thought you must have gone directly to the office with Mr. Holt.” Mary spoke, surprised to find me in my room early in the morning.

Turning me around in bed, she was shocked to see my swollen eyes and dark eye circles exclaiming, “Oh my god, baby what happened?”

I lash out at her angrily, “I don’t feel like going to the office and just leave me alone Momma, I don’t want to talk about it!”

“We can come up with solutions in difficult situations only if we communicate clearly and honestly with each other.” she replies, cajoling me.

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