She Cut Ties with Her Parents

odded at my parents. "Now it

s, and their eyes darted back

n?" It must have been the first time Cory was hit. He immediat

t you learned? Apologize to Cory immediately

you upset him, and something happens to him?

side of him. I seemed to be so

over my room and peed all over me.

tains on me. They stared at me in sh

a loss for how to defend Cory. "Anyway, Cory is younger than you.

t to hear you say how

was almost nauseating

ppointment. They were clearly

d. "Norene, you've just come home. Let's not make everyone unhappy, okay? Listen

y luggage. "I'm not his sister. Cory said I w

er barked sternly

heir games and storme

ented an apartment

d would eventually come back due to financial d

or free tuition and earned enough fo

ned not to return home, m

She even used the excuse that she needed to register for th

Cory had grown even fatter. H

in advance, so he never provoked

lly with a clear

exam, I went with my mother to reg

I prepared to attend the exams,