I try to free my arm from my mother's grasp but she won't let go. My father comes in from the living room and watches us. Doesn't make a move to try and help me. He has never helped me. He just watches.
"Let me go." There is a menace in my voice that I hope will scare my mother but she is strong woman. She survived a childhood full of more than more pain than most people have in a lifetime. In my heart I know she won't let go. Giggles come from our living room. My siblings apparently found this situation funny. What a shock that those two jerks delight in my torture.
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