C76 Mummy

BEN

“No. Leave that,” I tell Asher, shaking my head at the boots he tries to sneak into the bag.

Josef, Mum’s husband, got him nice leather boots for Christmas. He also bought me a pair. Thanks but no thanks, I did not accept it. He thinks he can bribe his way into my life with gifts, forced smiles and compliments, the way he did with Mum and Asher. It can’t be me, it will never be me