Cutting Ties

"Wait." Thalia pointed at her mother, Lydia. "She deliberately hit my injured leg. Get her out."

The nurse looked at Lydia in disbelief. "Who are you? Why would you hit her injury?"

"I'm her mother!"

Lydia shot to her feet and pointed at Thalia, shouting, "You ungrateful beast! You're asking people to throw your own mother out? How did I raise such a heartless, disobedient child?"

"If you want to