Unable To Argue

Cassandra found herself completely unable to argue her way out.

She was trembling, her eyes brimming with tears. “Mom, I was wrong. I was not thinking straight. I never intended to hurt you.”

“It’s a slow-acting drug. Have you truly been not thinking straight?” Queenie asked, exhausted.

Cassandra was crying so hard she couldn’t make a sound. Her tears were not from regret but from fear.

At that moment, Queenie had enough evidence to put her behind bars. She was terrified.

Cassandra pleaded, “Mom, I was misled by others. I didn’t do it on purpose. Mom, I beg you, for the sake of our decades of relationship, please forgive me.”