I Called My Mom After Giving Birth and She Said She Was Too Busy With My Sister’s Party Until the Next Day They Came Begging

at me differently then, with a careful attention I had not seen from her before.

I took the number from my mother and pointed at the door. “Now leave.”

Patricia’s face hardened. “Melanie, don’t be dramatic about this.”

“Leave,” I said again, “or I will call a nurse and tell her two people I do not trust are in my room harassing me and my child.”

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