SHOOTING YOUR SHOT (#1 in Soccer Club Series)

CHAPTER 31

NORA'S POV

It's been a week after all the ruckus. People are still criticising me for something I had never done which is infuriating.

Anyways, I am stuck at home and I haven't gone out for a while.

All I do at home is read books to divert my mind. I haven't gone on the internet.

Ira has stuck with me the entire week. We shopped, cooked, watched movies and shows together. Eli joined us too. And surprisingly, Kai used to join me in reading.

Mom tried to reach out to me but I never picked up her calls. She has started calling Kai, Ira and Eli. I feel so dreadful about it.

Ugh!!!

Allan is also trying to reach out to me but I ignored him. He tried to reach out to me by calling, sending email and what not.

I wanna be left alone.

My phone rings again.

Mom!! I sigh. If I don't pick up her call, she is gonna pester them. I close my eyes, take a deep breath and pick up her call.

"Why weren't you picking up my calls?" She is annoyed. I can clearly make it out from her voice.

"Because I didn't want to. I am already distressed by the situation. I don't want you to add more distress to it." I snap back.

She gasps.

"What is wrong with you? How dare you speak to me like that! I am your mother." She is yelling now.

"I am hanging up now."

"That's why you are always alone."

What the fuck?

"What?"

"You never listen to me. You could have been happier with Allan. You broke off his engagement. I thought you realised that you both are meant together. I was happy."

I am at disbelief. Is she really my mother? How can she utter those words so easily?

"Are you kidding me? You want me to break off someone's engagement. I am not that lowly like you, Mrs. Cox."

I am so disappointed in her and myself.

"Nora Amara. Stop this behaviour. Do not cross me. Kai is a sports person and Allan is a millionaire. There is a lot of difference."

What the hell? Is money all she cares about?

"Really? Kai hasn't cheated me but Allan has. So you wanna sell your daughter for money, huh? Do you not care about me? Do you not love me? How can you be so selfish, Mamma? It breaks my heart that you do not think of me as anything but someone who can bring fame or money to you."

"You should have jumped into business like your brother. But you wanted to be a nameless author."

Tears prick my eyes.

"Do not insult my profession. I am never enough for you. I will never be enough for you. And honestly, I don't wanna be you. I don't want to be someone who's mentality is cheap and preposterous."