From Puppet Daughter to Powerhouse

From Puppet Daughter to Powerhouse

Gavin

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My freshman year at Green Mountain College was supposed to be about freedom. But my mom, Susan, had other plans for her only daughter. She turned my dorm room into a high-tech prison, monitoring every single video call, scrutinizing my bank account, and even tracking my social media DMs "for my safety." It wasn't safety; it was relentless, suffocating surveillance, a gilded cage I desperately wanted to escape. Then came the ultimate college freshman nightmare: my debit card (tied to Mom' s account, of course) got declined at the crowded campus coffee shop. Total humiliation. A kind senior, Liam, stepped in and paid for my coffee and bagel; a simple, unexpected act of grace. But that small kindness triggered a reaction I never anticipated. Hours later, Liam messaged me, sending a screenshot that made my blood run cold. My mother had instantly found his Venmo payment, tracked him on Instagram, and sent him a chilling message, warning him off her "vulnerable" daughter. Liam, understandably, blocked me instantly, dissolving my only new connection. Mom's video call that night wasn't an interrogation; it was an execution, dredging up every past friendship she' d ever destroyed, every connection she' d severed. She wasn't just protective; she was ensuring I was utterly, completely hers. The shame of that night quickly curdled into a burning, unyielding rage. She wasn't trying to keep me safe; she was systematically isolating me, controlling my finances, my friendships, my entire existence. I finally saw the pattern with terrifying clarity, a sinister obsession veiled as maternal love, one that perhaps even connected to my father' s "factory accident" years ago. The thought that she might have secretly engineered my entire life filled me with a chilling dread. I wasn't just terrified anymore. I was done running. If she wanted to monitor my life, I decided to give her something truly alarming to find. I created Ryder Stone, the brooding musician, everything she' d despise. It was time to stop being her puppet. It was time to turn her own controlling surveillance into my weapon, inviting her into a trap she wouldn' t see coming.

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My freshman year at Green Mountain College was supposed to be about freedom.

But my mom, Susan, had other plans for her only daughter.

She turned my dorm room into a high-tech prison, monitoring every single video call, scrutinizing my bank account, and even tracking my social media DMs "for my safety."

It wasn't safety; it was relentless, suffocating surveillance, a gilded cage I desperately wanted to escape.

Then came the ultimate college freshman nightmare: my debit card (tied to Mom' s account, of course) got declined at the crowded campus coffee shop.

Total humiliation.

A kind senior, Liam, stepped in and paid for my coffee and bagel; a simple, unexpected act of grace.

But that small kindness triggered a reaction I never anticipated.

Hours later, Liam messaged me, sending a screenshot that made my blood run cold.

My mother had instantly found his Venmo payment, tracked him on Instagram, and sent him a chilling message, warning him off her "vulnerable" daughter.

Liam, understandably, blocked me instantly, dissolving my only new connection.

Mom's video call that night wasn't an interrogation; it was an execution, dredging up every past friendship she' d ever destroyed, every connection she' d severed.

She wasn't just protective; she was ensuring I was utterly, completely hers.

The shame of that night quickly curdled into a burning, unyielding rage.

She wasn't trying to keep me safe; she was systematically isolating me, controlling my finances, my friendships, my entire existence.

I finally saw the pattern with terrifying clarity, a sinister obsession veiled as maternal love, one that perhaps even connected to my father' s "factory accident" years ago.

The thought that she might have secretly engineered my entire life filled me with a chilling dread.

I wasn't just terrified anymore.

I was done running.

If she wanted to monitor my life, I decided to give her something truly alarming to find.

I created Ryder Stone, the brooding musician, everything she' d despise.

It was time to stop being her puppet.

It was time to turn her own controlling surveillance into my weapon, inviting her into a trap she wouldn' t see coming.

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