...
"You're a selfish child" he said.
She felt tears well up in her eyes, and it suddenly became very hard for her to swallow.
Upstairs, we can hear a woman, screaming in pain, shouting insults in her native tongue.
"What are you going to do without me? Your life will be horrible.
you worthless, selfish, lazy, good for nothing child."
***
What a cruel man.
What a hard to understand woman.
And the child? Misunderstood, misunderstood and tired of this life.