Don’t Let Your Mother Answer for You
“I’m going to go.
I’m not going to make a thing of this today.
“I’m not going to talk to you for a while.
I don’t know how long and I’m not going to pretend I do.
You’re not going to meet him and you’re not going to write to him, and if you contact Jessi in any way at all, that will be the end of it permanently rather than temporarily.
“And Mom — I’m not doing this to punish you.