第14章母爱Mother’sLove（2）
“Youhadagraduatedegreeiics。YouwereabrilliaerIstarteddoingwellinhighsath，youlostallyourabilities。Tellmeitwasace!”
“Darli。Probablytoomuchstress。”
“No!No!Idtakingfromyouanymore!IedtogotogradsBA。Iheambition。Butyoudid。YouhadmoreambitionthailI，ahensuddenlyIburhedesiretoprovemyselfandyou—yougaveup。That’swhenyoustartedermarket。”
“Iwantedalowerstressjob。”
“ItoldyouIwasloIthoughtIwouldneverfindanyoneanttomarryme，andtheurhemostanIcine，andDadsuddenlylostiinyouahthatstupidwomanacrossthestreet。”
“Nowsurelyyou’renotsayingI’mresponsibleforyourfather’sfailings，areyou?”askedherm>
“I’msayingyougaveupyourowy，togiveittome!Attremendouscosttoyou!Butthatwasher，>
“Sonya，youreallyshouldyourselfworkedupthisway。It’tbegoodforyou。”
“Andthen，”Sonyaued，igntheolderwoman，“wheextraeodoalltheworkIhadtodoinmyfirstexecutiveposition，suddenlyIhadtheenergyIneeded，andyoucyourselfoutofbedinthem!”
“Ijustwaoseeyousucceed。”
“eddownonherkneesinfroher’swheelchair，ghermother’sfrailhands。“Whydidyoudoallthistoyourself?Why?I’mnotworthit，Mom!NosuccessI’vehadihwhatyou’vedooyourself，forme!”
“Oh，”saidhermSonya’shair，“yaboutthat。EverythihingIgaveup，wasworthitbecauseofyou，ofwhatyou’vemadeofyourself。”
“Mom，Mom，please，I’mbeggingyou，takeitba’twantmysutheseterms!Idon’twanttoseeyougrowmoreandmorefrail，moreandmorehelpless，justsothatIgrerandridmorefamous!”
“What’sholdingyoubaow?”askedhermother。“Whydidhepromotion?”
“I’mnotgoingtotellyou!Aren’tyoulistewantyoutodomoretoyourselfforme!”
&herlookeddownatherforafewsedthennodded。“Ah，yes，Isee。Iuand，dear。You’realmostthere，aren’tyou?Youjustlemore，justatadmth，butit’sallright。Ytogetit，don’tworry。”
Sonyaraisedherhead，horrified。“No，Mom!Itoldyou，Idon’twantit!Don’t—whateverytodo，don’tdoit!”
&her’sheadsnappedbadhereyesrolledinherhead。Sonya，horrified，clutchedathermother’swrist。Thepulsewasbarelydisible。Sonyasdthepersohenursiowardthem。
Butbeforetheyarrived，hermother’seyesopenedforasedforthelasttime，Sonyasawtheintelligenceshealwaysrememberediher。“Haveadaughter，”hermotherbreathed。“Doitforher。”