Kingston sighed. "Did you ask her so bluntly? That indeed is a little too much. She is your mother, after all."

Eevonne's tears were streaming down her face. "I know. I also regretted it as soon as I said those words at that time. I apologized to her as soon as I talked back to her. However, my mother has always been very strict with my brother and me. Also, we have never talked back to her before when we were growing up. She certainly could not stand it when I suddenly talked back to her. She