“You have cost me an ally in this house, child. Your father will take his pound of flesh for this and your other mothers will be the hyenas that will feed on what is left when he is done.” Her mother said, holding her shoulders. “Do not fail Mabel. Go to Lagos and prove to your father that you are more than just a pair of breasts and vagina, for sale to the highest bidder.”

This is so pointed. Well done. It illustrates the difficulty many women have in standing up for the rights of even the women they love most like daughters and friends. It's a shame this is still the view of women in so much of the world, both in blatant terms such as is represented here, and in more subtle terms as might be witnessed in even countries where women are equal under the law.

Glad to have found this in The Isle of Write Discord server :)