"How wonderful..." She said sarcastically. "I would go say bye, but I probably won't even recognize him. That, and I don't think he likes me much. He seems to be getting closer to his father and farther from me."
"If she leaves, then as far as I'm concerned, I don't have a mum." Dustin trembled all over, but meant every word. "It just shows that I was right, and she doesn't care about me at all, just cuz she didn't want to have me."