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Submitted to Contest #318
TW: Parental conflict, verbal/emotional abuse, comparison, self-depreciation, internalised pain “That’s it! I’m done talking to you! ”That’s your mother, in Mandarin.“You’re absolutely absurd!”That’s your father. In Cantonese. Then he murmurs something under his breath. You don’t quite catch it. Because you’re not that proficient in Cantonese.Fifteen minutes later, you make your way downstairs, annoyingly aware of the sound your slippers make on the wooden boards.Porcelain plates. Shattered. Residue on the floor. You don’t know how to feel....
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