Tainted Ties

“Does a lady of her stature need to be polite to someone as insignificant as me? I know you adore Ramona. To you, she outshines me by hundreds, thousands of times. You love her even more than your own daughter. But mom, do you really need to isolate me as if I'm a contagion? You never tell me whenever she returns. For the past few years, I've been telling you that I want to see her, but you've bee