#//psssppssssppss cmere look parallels between how barbara treated cooper and how she treats kev

[cooper-magnolia]

✂ - a vivid memory

[ memory start: a young cooper is sitting in an empty room with 2 air mattresses on the floor, working on homework. he’s about 12 years old at this point. staying at his cousin’s house on a trip with his aunt barbara. he’s taking breaks in between assignments to email a friend. he tells them he wants to talk about something, but he’s worried his aunt will read is since she insists on having access to his gmail account and monitoring everything that happens on it. his friend suggests to send them an email, and then delete it once they’ve read it. so fae start typing an email. it talks about the lack of privacy around barbara, and the constant high expectations and beliefs being pushed on him. he’s almost done when he gets a group conference call from a teacher he has to answer. 2 minutes into the call, while his mic is muted, barbara bursts into the room, furious. she had already read the email draft after two minutes of it’s existence. she yells at him about how he doesn’t deserve privacy and he’s being ungrateful and spoilt. he starts to cry from being screamed at, but does his best to hide it since he’s on a call with his teacher and all his classmates. barbara leaves and slams the door, shaking the whole room. the call ends shortly after, and cooper sits down and cries as quietly as he can. barbara re enters the room. she tells him he’s crying because he knows he’s a liar and has nothing to really be upset about, and explains how she, the person screaming at him and stalking his email, was actually the victim and cooper was the one in the wrong. cooper nods through tears as barbara tells him she “forgives” him despite his behavior. barbara then gets up from the air mattress and takes cooper’s computer and phone, and motions for him to follow him into the living room. end memory]