Charlotte:
"Stop crying now," I rolled my eyes at my mother, who had been sitting on my bed and tearing up ever since she walked into my room.
"Mom, just calm down. So what if you apologized? You were wrong too for accusing Emmet. Just tell me something —-did you really think Helanie said Emmet was assaulting her?" I asked, because I didn't get to speak to my mother about the whole mess that she became a part of.
She sniffled and cleaned her nose, her hands rubbed together in her lap, and I knew instantly she had lied.
"That was a wrong move," I said, finishing up my makeup, more specifically, finishing up my eye makeup to hide the swollen eyes and the bags under them.
I haven't been able to rest ever since Maximus transitioned. I know he's in the basement, and my heart ached that they weren't letting me walk downstairs to see him.
