Chapter 5

Alma sneered. "Mommy, no matter how hard you work, do you really think you can ever earn as much as Dad does?

"Dad even owns a house and a car. You barely scrape by with just one thousand dollars a month."

For the first time, I saw that look of mockery and contempt on the face of an eight-year-old.

She was acting way beyond her years, far too grown-up for her age.

I stared, wide-eyed. 'Am I really seeing this?'

But Alma just stuck her tongue out at me. "Are you planning to sell yourself just to support me? You're…