She Called Me Six Times and I Never Answered. When I Found Out Why, I Revoked My Own Mother’s Access Before I Hung Up the Phone

I stood up so fast the chair rolled back and hit the credenza behind me.

The whole room was looking at me now.

“Why are you calling me?” I said into the phone.

It came out harder than I meant it.

“We’re divorced.

Why call me?”

Another pause.

And then Dr.