CharlotteTurner

"Miyako, you never listen to us anymore!" Miyako huffed, momentarily lifting the lock of hair that had fallen over her face.  "Mother, I do listen, really.  There's a difference between not listening and not acting on what I hear." Her mother slammed a fist on the table, and even Miyako's father retreated slightly from her fury.  "Stop twisting my words, child!  Gracious, I thought Momoe and Chizuru were hard enough to deal with!  At least they did their schoolwork, helped out around the house, and picked up extra shifts at the store to let me relax some!" "And they still do!  And my schoolwork is just fine, thank you very much, and I work