Provoking (2)

It was an amusing situation... at least until Olivia, who seemed to have lost all sense of restraint after talking so much, crossed a line.

"In the first place, do you really think you're important to Mom?" she said, her tone laced with disdain.

"No, you're not! My mother's just been too lonely lately and needed someone to keep her company, and it just so happened to be you, nothing more!"

Her words grew sharper as she went on, "Do you really think she'll stay with you forever? Never! She'll eventually grow bored of you, stop giving you any attention, and, basically, throw you away!"

"If that trash Damian was just a sperm donor… then you're no more than a di—"

"Okay, that's enough!" Eva shouted, cutting her daughter off. This time, she was genuinely angry… perhaps angrier than she had ever been with Olivia in her entire life.