Two days later, Micah's parents got sick and asked me to pick him up from school and take him to the hospital.
At the school gate, I ran into Talia—along with Bianca, who had come to pick her up.
One of Talia's classmates spotted me and snickered. "Talia, your maid is here to pick you up again!"
Maid? So that's what she told people.
The kids turned to Bianca, eyes lighting up. "Wow, your mom is so pretty!"
Talia lifted her chin, smug. "Of course. My mom's the best."
Bianca smirked, then mouthed at me: 'You're a failure. Even your daughter looks down on you. She doesn't see you as her mother at all.'
