Cynthia's Smile: A Fictional Narrative

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Behind Cynthia’s smile she concealed unbearable pain as she observed her mother, Madelyn laying on the examining table. Wiping her sweaty palms with a paper towel Cynthia thought of this being the last time she may see her mother. She would do anything to take her mother’s place, although they hadn’t seen eye to eye for years.
Smiling pleasantly Madelyn sat up from the examiner table, she adjusted her blouse. She’d been anticipating her doctor’s visit with Dr. Hutchison for over a month. Cynthia tried to forget what’s to come, nevertheless she could remember her mother bluntly saying ‘Cynthia’, in a calm voice. “If you go against me with this decision I will be mad.” But what she meant was I’ll never talk to you again and I’ll disown you

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