"It's a cruel world out there, Sofia. The people who claim to be your friends, claim to care about you... Wouldn't think twice before stabbing you in the back. That's why you're better off alone."
"I don't have any friends anyway, Mum..." I heaved.
"That's not my point," Mum replied. "I saw the way you were looking at Arturo."
I clapped my hands to my face, mortified.
I didn't need this...
I didn't fucking need it...