If anyone had told Yvonne that one day her most cherished mother would raise a finger at her or even threaten her, she would have called that person a big fat liar.
In all her years of existence, Marissa had always had her back and would defend her even when she was in the wrong.
The bond between Marissa and her was so strong that people something saw them as sisters rather than mother and daughter. They always had each other's back both in good and bad times.
Yvonne also remembered how Marissa always stood by her and ensured that her younger ones never disrespected her position as the first child. Although her younger ones challenged her authority on one or two occasions, they still found a way to reconcile.
'Where did things go wrong? Why am I seen as the enemy and not the evil witch? Why is Mum becoming so weak and vulnerable to this golddigger? How dear her slap me because of the devil incarnate?'