["It's the best school in the entire country. You'll go there, once you've graduated middle school, in order to prepare you for college, like your mom wanted." "I don't want to. I don't want to grow up and be like you - always working, always stressed, in a job I don't even like! That's not what mom wanted for me."
Mack doesn't catch the ball of yarn when Sharpedo bounces it back. It hits her in the shoulder and falls to the ground, without her even noticing, because she's turned to stare at Brady incredulously.]
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"I don't want to. I don't want to grow up and be like you - always working, always stressed, in a job I don't even like! That's not what mom wanted for me."
Mack doesn't catch the ball of yarn when Sharpedo bounces it back. It hits her in the shoulder and falls to the ground, without her even noticing, because she's turned to stare at Brady incredulously.]
What my mom . . . what she . . . Oh god.