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I Can’t Believe It! A Mother Went to Extreme Lengths to Make Her Daughter Disappear.
14May2025 Diary
I still cant fathom how it came to this. My own mother, Agnes Parker, seemed determined to push her daughter out of the world entirely.
Mabel Parker had been my dearest friend since we were kids in Manchester. Wed been inseparable for years, and she often confided in me about how heavy her life felt. She blamed it on twenty long years spent under the roof of her husband and her mother.
Agnes was the sort of woman who used anyone she could, never mind that the person she was exploiting was her own child. Nothing ever went right for her. At eightyfive, she was still surprisingly spry for her age, which only made her stubbornness more baffling.
She constantly believed Mabel owed her everything, that Mabels very existence was a debt she had to repay. When Mabel fell pregnant, her husband abandoned her for another woman, and Agnes poured all her fury onto Mabel, who bore an uncanny likeness to her late father.
Mabel was never treated as a beloved daughter; she was reduced to a servant, a cleaner, a slave, never a child. She juggled two jobs, and after each shift she would mop the floors and cook dinner. Agnes refused to lift a finger at home and would often sulk if Mabel prepared a meal she didnt like. In the end, exhausted and bruised, Mabel quit one of her jobs and moved to the other side of the city just to please her mothers whims.
That Saturday was Mabels birthday. She had laid out a lovely spread, and we all gathered around the table. Yet I noticed a deep sadness in her eyes. She whispered that a fresh scandal had broken out with her mother. We left early, feeling uneasy.
The following morning I learned that Mabel was gone. It turned out that after we had left, Agnes had sparked another confrontation. Mabels heart gave way, and no one called an ambulance. She died in the night, her mothers cruelty having sealed her fate.
Seeing a mother destroy her own child has left a bitter taste. Ive learned that love cannot be forced, and that no amount of duty can excuse cruelty. Kindness, above all, is the only thing worth passing on.
