Christmas... 5/21

Life was like walking in a mine field.
Christmas came. A time for being with family, to be merry, to catch up with everyone's life.
My parents were shocked to see how much weight I'd lost. Mum kept making a fuss about the dark circles under my eyes.
She scolded him playfully for not taking good care of me and, for the first time, I saw him for what he really was,
I saw a Master of deception at work.
He turned on the charm tap, managed to twist everything Mum said and eventually all blame was laid on me.