My Mother Logged Into Me

Summary

After my brother ended up in the ER because I "accidentally" fed him mangoes—despite his allergy—my mother’s fury solidified into a terrifying new reality. She forced me to link my phone and a wearable bio-patch to an app called "The Virtuous Child."

From that moment on, she held the remote to my life. Every time my behavior deviated from her expectations, she would trigger a remote electric pulse. If I resisted, the voltage climbed until my world went black.

Today was the first day of the spring semester, and Mom was taking my brother to the Oceanside Pier for a celebratory outing.