"In her bedroom your mother is moving things around, opening and closing doors. You wonder what is will be like for her when you leave. Part of you doesn't care."

This quote is a perfect example of the type of relationship the girl had with her mother. As you can see, she really doesn't have strong feelings for her. The girl doesn't seem to care about her mother that much and she doesn't care how the mother is feeling about her departure. This is a huge thing in the story because they don't share any mother-daughter type relationship.