Mama's Scapegoat

The narrative explores the profound emotional numbness experienced after the narrator's mother's tragic death at the hands of a drug addict. Despite a lifetime of abuse, the protagonist feels detached from any emotions, such as love or hate. Undertaking the arduous task of traveling over seven hundred miles to handle the aftermath of her mother's death, she grapples with the complexities of duty and personal trauma, revealing a struggle to cope with her feelings while masking her true emotions from those around her.