"You can't be serious?!", I know I wasn't supposed to yell, but this was an objection. "Mum, you promised".
"I know I did sweetie but this is an emergency, its just for a week, I'll come back as soon as the retreat's over", she said packing her things and avoiding eye contact with me.
"B... But this week's Dad's memorial, we didn't do it last year and the year before that, and you promised we'll do it this year", I wasn't going to give up, Dad deserved this.
Mom sighed like she knew what I was going to say next, "Look sweetie, it's just for--".
"Just because Dad's family abandoned him, doesn't mean we should too!". Then for a second, I regretted saying that, cause Mom's expression changed too like, really mad. She walked up to me and leaned in, her face was just one inch farther from mine.
"I wasn't the...