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That day, I waited for a long time at the school gate but my mother didn't show up. Watching the setting sun, I walked back home relying on my memory. The moment the door was opened, my mother on the sofa was stunned, and a look of surprise flashed across her face. She came over, touched my head and apologized to me. I forgave her generously. After all, she just forgot to pick me up. It was not a big deal. I had grown up and could go home by myself.

The table was full of my favorite dishes, and my mother kept picking up dishes for me. I thought my mother was apologizing to me for making me hungry that day, so I ate happily. However, after dinner, my mother told me a shocking news: " Sophia , Mom may be away for a while, and an aunt will come to take care of you. You must listen to the aunt." I asked in confusion: "Why does Mom want to leave me? Where is Mom going?" Mom walked in front of me, squatted down, looked into my eyes and said: "My sister is sick, very seriously. Mom and Uncle Johnson will take my sister to another city for treatment. Sophia is so sensible, she must take good care of herself." I grabbed the corner of my mother's clothes and begged: "But she already has Uncle Johnson, can't Mom stay with me?" Mom pried open my fingers holding her sleeves one by one: "My sister is very serious, I can take better care of my sister if I go with your uncle. My sister is still young, Sophia, you must be good." I shook my head and shouted angrily: "I don't want it! I don't want Mom to leave! You are my mother! I don't like Jessica Johnson! Why does she want to steal my mother from me! Can she disappear!" As I said that, I ran to Jessica Johnson's room and smashed all her things to the ground. The fragments scratched my cheek but did not stop my steps. Until my mother's slap fell on my face.

I stopped and stood in the mess, looking at my mother, but I was hurt by the disgust in her eyes. I heard her say, "You disappoint me so much." But why should I be disappointed? I was only eight years old. What's wrong with just wanting my mother? Just because I am healthier than Jessica Johnson? Mom still left quietly without even saying goodbye. I was abandoned to the aunt who lived in the house like an abandoned child. I was left alone at home for more than half a year. During this half year, I have been betting on my breath and never contacted my mother. I thought my mother would miss me. But on New Year's Eve, I saw the circle of friends posted by my mother - a picture: Mom, Uncle Johnson and Jessica Johnson. Jessica Johnson was wearing a red dress and her face was red. She was surrounded in the middle and held a bouquet of flowers in her hands. There was no one around me. Fireworks and laughter came one after another. I sat on the sofa and forced myself to watch TV as if I was completing a task. Finally, I was defeated and buried my head in my arms and curled up. Does mom like good children? Then Sophia can also be a good child. Can mom focus on Sophia? At this moment, the New Year's countdown sounded on TV. When the host counted to zero, I whispered in the empty room, "Happy New Year, Sophia."