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Submitted to Contest #79
Dear mother, I have decided it is time to leave you, for good this time. It was not an easy choice, but a necessary one. Since I can remember my dearest friends warned me about this toxic relationship we’ve been maintaining. Charlie’s father used to tell me all the time when he was alive, my closest friends and even Charlie himself. I love you so much and you will always be my mother, but I can’t live like this anymore, I am tired and old, and I deserve to be treated well and to be respected. I am finally letting you choose what you want...
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