jeremiad

The warnings kept flowing through my head. I kept hearing her words of how one man can ruin your life. One man potentially will break your heart, leave you dumped in the middle of nowhere with nothing. This man, she was sure of it, would too. My mother, so convinced, yelled out her life story trying to convince me as well. But I couldn't hear her. I already threw my bags into his trunk and slid into the passenger seat. I looked at her. She just stared at me. She kept staring as we drove onto the road.