C15 Mother's Challenge

It was a few hours later and Leila arrives back home. She opens the door but opens it slightly. Peering inside, hoping her mother was not around, the door swings wide open. There she was, her mother, with a very angry expression on her face.

"What are you doing?" she asks angrily.

"Mom," Leila says desperately, "I thought you were gone all day."

"Well, good thing I wasn't. Now. young lady, what are you doing?"

"I was just hanging out with Tomi."

"Hanging out with your friends, after I told you that you are not allowed?"

"It's only Tomi, and she's my only friend."

"I don't care, you are not allowed to leave this house, at all," she then notices Leila's hands which were holding new clothes. She quickly snatches them away from her.

"Give me those!" pleads Leila.

"If you have time to go shopping, then you have time to study."

"I need those clothes."

"And you'll get them back when I decided to give them back."

"No, mom. This is too much. You won't let me see my only friend, you keep forcing me to study all the time, and now you won't let me see dad. You are driving me crazy."

"Don't you dare yell at me. I'm the one who is going to pay for your college, remember?"

"Well, you know what, I don't care about college. I just want to be happy for once!"

"That's enough, young lady! Go back to your room and don't come out until I tell you to."

"Give me back my clothes."

"I told you that I am not going to give you these back."

"Give me back my clothes!"

The mother slaps Lelia in the face, "I told you not to raise your voice at me!"

Leila grabs the clothes and tries to pull them away but her mother refused to let go of them. She was struggling to get her clothes back but her mother had a strong grip on them. She kept pulling on them so hard, that her hands slip and she falls onto the carpeted floor, hitting her head on the side of the sofa. Her mother fared better as she just staggered a bit but manage to get her balance quickly.

Leila looked so pitiful on the ground, looking at her mother with such angry eyes. Her mother tosses her clothes back and says, "fine, take them, but you won't have a chance to wear them. You are to remain in your room until further notice. Do you understand me, young lady?" and leaves her.

Leila takes her clothes and hurries into her room. She tosses the clothes onto the top of her dresser and lies on her bed. She wanted to cry but refrains from doing so. She was just so angry at her mother for being so overbearing. She wanted to escape her and that dominating mind of hers. She did everything that woman asked of her, got good grades, and was generally a good daughter, but that wasn't enough. Leila just wanted to walk away from it all.

She looks at her clothes which were pretty wrinkled from the struggle. They would have to be ironed but she figures it wouldn't matter since she couldn't go out on her date.

Oh, that's right, she has a date at 8. A date with a pretty good-looking and wealthy CEO. As she irons her clothes, she starts imagining the situation: he comes picking her up on a luxury car, wearing a very sharp and pressed suit. He gently grabs her by the hand and kisses it. It was a goofy scenario but she secretly loved it. It made her feel so nice and warm.

At this time, her mother shouts, "you better get down here, young lady, and help me with dinner!"

Again with the orders. She was getting sick of her mother constantly making her do things at a whim. She gets her phone and calls up Tomi.

"Tomi, are you home right now? Can you pick me up?"

"Yeah, but why? Your dates not for a few more hours."

"Get me out of here now! I'm sick of my mother ordering me around! Just get me out of here!"