Part 2Mother-in-Law’s Outburst Left My Brother-in-Law’s Family In Ruins
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In my agitation, the blanket I had wrapped around me almost slipped off.
I kicked Thad in annoyance.
He quickly held me up from behind.
I guessed Ollie had never been talked back to like this before; she pointed at me, trembling with rage.
"You, you, you..."
After stumbling over her words for a while, she finally managed to say, "You young wife, how could you be so shameless! Why do you have to be comfortable doing that?"
I shot back at her, "If I’m not comfortable, what should I be? Ask your son if he’s comfortable!"
Thad noticed my skilled deflection of the anger and quickly stepped in to mediate, pushing his mother out of the bedroom.
As he did, he said, "Alright, Mom, that was too much."
"Sera and I are a married couple; we can do whatever we want. Why do you care?"
"Sera is magnanimous enough not to hold this against you, so take this as a warning!"
Ollie wasn’t done yet, trying to turn back and argue with me.
But Thad firmly pushed her toward the door.
He kept mumbling in frustration, "What if you startled me so much that I couldn't handle it…"
Suddenly, I noticed the key sticking in the bedroom door.
My heart skipped a beat.
"Wait!"