When Family Sells Your Soul

wanted to re-establish the old dynamic, t

weak and pitiful. "Could you make dinner? I'm just so drained.

had explicitly warned her against. In my first life, I would have gently refused

smiled. "Of

e small house. I plated up two massive portions, one for Kevin and one for myself, and brought them to the livi

he armchair and

ands, then at Kevin, who was alrea

r?" she asked, he

t this. The sodium, the fat... it's poison for

ed. "Are you just going to l

ly, taking another

ng, lost, the script completely thrown out the windo

bed my backpack. "I have to get back

d for the door, blocking my path.

re abandoning me! Your mother is dying, and

the poultry plant. They have a job for you on the processing line. You s

an. The same life sentenc

r dead in t

did yo

and clear. "I am not sacrificing my fut

en narrowed with theatrical pain.

atic, swooning collapse onto the floor, la

d. I had called 911. I h

body, opened the front door, and walked out