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"Do you think I've been doing well all these years?"

"You say you hate me! But don't you think I have reasons to hate you too?"

"Your arrival completely disrupted my life!"

"Yes, I wasn't pregnant back then! And you and I aren't related by blood! Naturally, I wouldn't feel close to you!"

"Every time you called me 'Mom,' I felt a flicker of anger, but also a hint of joy!"

"Seeing you run