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They ganged up on me, making it seem like I
was the one in the wrong.
For years, I’d paid for everything for Mom: food, clothes, housing.
I never asked her for a penny, and she never offered any.
The only reason she gave me that card was
to appease me and prevent me from
abandoning her.
Then she turned around and gave the money
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Then she turned around and gave the money
to my brother. Now, after I used it for her
medical expenses, she wanted me to repay
him. How could that be fair?
I said coldly, “I don’t have any money to give
you. I used it to pay the hospital bill. If you
want it, go ask the hospital.”
“Mom, since your heart belongs to my
brother, it seems you don’t need me. He can
take care of you from now on.”
Hearing this, my brother panicked. “Ashley, Mom raised you! She just said a few words to you. Are you seriously going to abandon her?
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How can you be so heartless?”
I laughed. “Abandon her? Who’s been taking
care of her all this time? Who’s been running
around for her while she’s in the hospital?”
“What have you done? You have no right to
criticize me. You said I’m heartless? Fine,
then she’s all yours.”
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I turned to leave.
Seeing I was serious, Mom grabbed my hand.
“Ashley! Your brother was just joking! You
know he doesn’t think before he speaks.
Don’t take it to heart.”
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“I’ve left all my inheritance to you, I even
wrote a will! You have to take care of me.
What am I supposed to do otherwise?”
Mom kept bringing up the will, hoping to guilt
me into staying.
My brother chimed in. “Yeah, Mom left you
everything! You’re supposed to take care of
her. I didn’t get any inheritance, so I have no
obligation to care for her.”
I looked at them calmly. “I’ve been taking care
of Mom since she got sick, for years. You said yourself you didn’t care about this small
inheritance. Consider it payment for my past
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inheritance. Consider it payment for my past
efforts.”
Seeing I wasn’t joking, Mom became frantic.
“What do you mean? What about the future?”
I looked at my brother. “My brother can take
care of you from now on. He doesn’t have a
job anyway, just loafs around all day. And you
love him the most, right? You’ll be happy to
have him take care of you.”
“You can tell him anything you need. I’m
going back to work tomorrow.”
Mom refused to let go of my hand. “How can
you go back to work? What am I supposed to
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you go back to work? What am I supposed to
do? Quit your job immediately!”
My brother was even more resistant. “I’m not taking care of her. If you don’t care if she
dies alone, then fine, leave her with me.”
I pretended not to hear, pulling my hand away. “Whatever. She’s not just my mother.”
Mom, unable to move, could only watch me
leave.
She tried to call me back. “Ashley! How can you do this to me? You ungrateful wretch! I knew having a daughter was useless! I
shouldn’t have had you!”
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“Right, sons are useful. I, the useless one, am
leaving.”
From that day on, I never looked back.
At first, she called and texted me every day, trying every tactic imaginable. She even claimed my brother was abusing her, begging
me to come back and care for her,
threatening to kill herself.
She sent me pictures of herself in a disheveled state, covered in food.
I ignored it all.
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