Love from My Dominant Boss

My mom’s displeased voice carried a hint of anger when it boomed from the phone.

“That’s not what I meant, mom. It’s just that it really is that expensive to rent a place like that in Avenport. I don’t have that much money on me, and it’ll take some time before I receive my salary.”

I was quick to explain myself when I heard that my mom had misunderstood the situation. I was troubled as well. Naturally, I’d want to get Steven a nicer environment for him to recuperate in, but I simply didn’t have the capability to do so.

“How about this, mom? I will get a slightly smaller place for the time being and will find everyone a better place after I receive my salary next month.”

I honestly didn’t have the funds to rent a better place, so I had no choice but to negotiate with my mom. I knew that my mom could never bear to see Steven being hurt even a little, but I simply had no choice.

“I bet you’re just being stingy. You’ve been working for a while now, so how is it possible that you have no money for renting a place? Seriously, I have wasted my life raising you. I can’t believe that you’re not willing to even spend a few thousand on us.”

I was working hard to please my mom, but she refused to believe me. What makes her think that I am rich?

“Mom, it’s really not what you think. I don’t have the money. Why won’t you trust me?”

My relationship with my mom was already strained. I had tried to fix it. Unfortunately, my mom didn’t believe me at all, and that got me angry.

“Fine, even if you don’t have the money, that Shaw guy must have it, right? He is a manager, so a few thousand probably means nothing to him.”

My mom saw that she couldn’t convince me, so she shifted her target to Michael. Hearing her words got me even angrier.

for Steven’s medical fees and has given us over a hundred

changed and Michael and I were just in a business agreement, I might consider asking him for the money, but it’s different now. The way I see him has changed,

you deliberately trying to make things difficult for us? You’re just going to ignore us now that you have

mom lost her temper right away when she heard how direct I was in rejecting her request. She thought

there is nothing between Michael and me. He is just my boss, and he has helped us a lot. We are not supposed to just keep asking him for money. What gives us the right to do so? And

I. My family was like a bottomless pit. Michael had helped them out a few times, and they’ve already gotten into the habit of asking more whenever

Can’t they be grateful for what they already have? Why must they depend

watch your family die? Have you forgotten that the person lying on the hospital bed is your own brother? His legs wouldn’t even be broken in the first place

what the family’s problem was. All she ever did was shift the blame to

find a more spacious place for the three of you

didn’t want to continue arguing, so I hung up

matter what I say. My mom would just pin all the blame on me, anyway.

few deep breaths to ease my frustration after hanging up. After that,

work. All I could think

was truly worried about my mom contacting Michael and asking for money. The last thing I wanted was for

Birchwood after clocking off. Instead, I started looking for places to rent near the hospital and prayed that I could find an

the rent for the houses near the place was

a dilemma because I simply didn’t have

many places that I felt like my legs would give away. Still, I could find an affordable house to rent. Even the less spacious

subway back to Birchwood. I spent all day walking around, so my feet were sore. The first thing I did