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“Why do you care?” said Sienna without turning.
“Because as your mother I . . .”
Sienna whirled around and took two steps stopping with her
hand in front of Jennifer’s face cutting off her words. “Don’t you call yourself my mother ever again as long as . . .”
Jennifer grabbed her hand and threw it from her face cutting off Sienna’s words.
Smack!
Jennifer was surprised as Sienna hit her in the face with a left-handed back-fist. She fell backwards a few feet, and Sienna continued lashing out with a side snap kick. Anticipating the kick, Jennifer knelt spinning on her left foot sweeping Sienna’ remaining foot with her right heel.
Boom! Thud!
Sienna hit the floor on her back, butt first. Jennifer dove on Sienna’s right side pinning both arms to the floor. She opened her mouth to speak, but Sienna’s left foot interrupted the transmission with a blow to the back of her head. Sienna sprung to a sitting position but was knocked back to the floor as Jennifer’s right foot caught her in the face. Sienna fell to the rear rolling over backwards with both hands springing to her feet, only to find her stepmother standing and waiting. Sienna took a step forward.
“Hold it!” said Jennifer. “This conversation is over for now. And it won’t be pretty if we have it again. Now I am going to talk and you are going to listen. As your stepmother, I know I can never be as close to you as your biological mother, although God knows I have tried to be. As your guardian, I am responsible for what you do and fail to do to a great extent. I know you don’t particularly care for me as much as I care for you, but I love you nevertheless. And it’s not because of anything I could ever get from you but for what I hope I can help you achieve in this world with your potential. I would never ask you to give the love you had for your mother to me. I know that’s impossible.
“I just want to help to be a ladder for you if you let me. Please think about it. That’s all I ask. See you this evening.