Mia Garcia glanced at the black dress with red flowers her mother was wearing. It was a designer piece from last year's hit collection, costing around fifty thousand, a sum she couldn't afford with a month's rent.
"Can't you cut back on expenses now that the situation is different?"
Clara Brown said, "How can that be? After all, I am your mother. If others see me dressed poorly, won't they make fun of my daughter for marrying into the Collins Family for nothing? Would you be able to bear the shame then?"
Ha!
Mia let out a cold laugh in her heart, finding her own reasons to crave luxury brands.
Clara possessed several closets full of clothes, enough to last a lifetime, along with plenty of bags and jewelry. Her real concern was always coveting the new arrivals.
Now a divorced single middle-aged woman, her incessant need to buy new and luxurious clothes revealed her inner restlessness.
