Chapter 854 Do You Still Have a Conscience?

Mom's frown deepened, and I could see she was not thrilled. "Yvette, are you trying to stop me from going over to the Youngs'?" I did not hesitate and nodded. "Yeah, that's Alice's drama. I don't want you getting tangled up in it." She looked even more upset. "What do you mean 'getting tangled up'? When you weren't around in Lake City, it was Alice and Little Sanchez who were there for me. "Remember when you were so set on cutting ties over that troublemaker at the border, leaving me so mad I couldn't even drink water for days? Alice was the one comforting me. "When we thought you'd drowned in the river and we had no word from you, I was a wreck. I couldn't sleep. But she was there for me. "Yvette, I get that you're not her biggest fan, but she's in a bind now. We can't just turn our backs. That would be heartless." I was not the old Yvette anymore. Hearing all this from Mom did not stir up much inside me. I just said calmly, "Mom, if you really want to go, I won't hold you b