From Puppet Daughter to Powerhouse

Mountain College was sup

had other plans for

ing every single video call, scrutinizing my bank accoun

suffocating surveillance, a gilded

: my debit card (tied to Mom' s account, of cours

humili

nd paid for my coffee and bagel;

ss triggered a reacti

me, sending a screenshot

racked him on Instagram, and sent him a chilling m

ked me instantly, dissolvi

t was an execution, dredging up every past friendship

e; she was ensuring I was

quickly curdled into a b

ystematically isolating me, controlling my f

ter obsession veiled as maternal love, one that perhaps ev

ecretly engineered my entire life

ust terrif

done r

ife, I decided to give her so

he brooding musician, ev

to stop bein

surveillance into my weapon, inviting