Mandy still cried as she said, "Maybe you're family is better than the Brocklehursts. What do I know? I'm just saying you have no right to speak to my family when you don't know them! Don't act like it was my mother's fault when it wasn't. She wouldn't even give up her name to marry my family so that I could have a real chance. Do you know that? The brilliant woman I call my mother didn't marry the man she loved and chose to live with him, raise their daughter with him instead. And my father gave up claim for me besides being a father in every way but the paper."
She took a deep breath, still with tears. "You don't understand and I don't understand so why are we doing this? Why are we standing here and doing this?" she demanded angrily.