Her mother's expression hardened. "I don't have the energy for another one of your emotional outbursts."
Sage stared at her. "An emotional outburst?"
She pushed herself farther upright despite the dizziness. "You disappear from my life, leave me with Dad, and then the first time you decide to show up, you kidnap me and call me emotional when I ask why you're doing it?"
Her mother folded her arms. "I am not here to argue with you. You are coming home with me, and I'm going to make this as simple as possible."
Sage stared at her in disbelief. "You're taking me home, what home, where your husband is staying and your daughter??"
"Yes."
Sage laughed bitterly. "You don't get to decide that."
"I already did."
Sage's lips parted and for a moment, she couldn't find the words.
Then she look
