Moving Out
As expected, her decision to move out to live by herself was met with opposition from her parents. It was bad enough that Kyle was moving out, now she was, too?
At least, Kyle had a reason whereas all she could say was that she 'needed space'.
Not a good thing to say to your parents who doted on you endlessly.
Kay felt like a headache was coming on as she watched her mother cry, sniffling away, "But … so … you're saying that you feel stifled here? That I control you, is it? You can't be free to be yourself?"
Kay groaned inwardly.
Emotional blackmail.
Mothers are so good at that.
Worse, sons seem to be able to get past that and coax them while daughters are left with the short end of the stick.
I mean, come on - Kyle could disappear to another country for two years and their mother wasn't this emotional at trying to keep him by her side.