Nothing Left to Lose

Joanne slammed her palms flat onto the solid wood of the dining table. The silverware rattled violently against the pristine porcelain plates. "Calvin, what nonsense are you even saying? Richard is the one who destroyed this marriage, and now you have the audacity to blame your own mother for it? What is wrong with you?"

She marched around the edge of the table, her face flushed with maternal fur