Hope's POV
I haven't been myself since I saw my mother. I don't know how I feel about her coming to my house and asking for money. This woman hadn't laid her eyes on me in almost twenty years and if I didn't look like her, she probably wouldn't have recognized me.
Seeing her after so many years was a shocker. She still looks like I remember her, minus the wrinkles and the Botox. I saw her fur coat and her jewelry. My mother was living her best life while I suffered at the hands of Gina and her daughter for years.
I don't even know how she found out where I lived and had the audacity to act like we hadn't seen each other in days. Like she didn't walk out on me and never looked back like she didn't forget that I existed. Since I am planning a surprise party for Xavier, I haven't had tim
