Jem
Mom didn't even asked me if I was okay.
Psy
Pardon me?
Jem
She didn't even worry about me. She doesn't care about me. She just wanted to know where I was, that's all. You call that care? I call this 'keeping reputation unstained'. She doesn't want people to think she doesn't care about her daughter. She hates me.
Psy
She doesn't. No mother hates her child.
Jem
You know nothing! Stop saying you know, stop saying you do, stop saying things to contradict me! It's annoying!
Psy
Jem.
Jem
I knew I shouldn't have come to you. There's only myself for me.
Psy
She's your mother.
Jem
Well, she should at least act like one.
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When Reality Strikes
Short StoryOne girl, named Jem but labeled as mentally-troubled, paranoiac. Has she ever asked to see a psychologist? No. Was meeting an unexpectedly meddlesome Jackson in her plans? Never in the world. Nonetheless, in life, you got to expect the unexpected...
