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Curran furrowed his brows. “Are you crazy? Throwing a tantrum over something so small?
Besides, you’re an adult, yet you’re fighting your son over a drink? Have you no shame?”
I ignored him and went back to the room to start packing their things.
“This house was bought before we got married, so you and your mom can pack up and leave.”
Curran looked at me in disbelief. He set down the empty juice box and kept up his
ith me.
“Shirley, is this really necessary? I’m just trying to teach you a small lesson, okay?
Besides, I didn’t say anything wrong!
There was only one bottle left. You drank it, and now Alvin has nothing!
You’re a mother now. How can you be so selfish?”
He glared at me like I wasn’t his wife but his enemy.
I looked coldly at the man before me.
I’d been with him for ten years, and I took great care of his family.
I couldn’t believe the thanks I got was getting scolded for drinking a juice box!
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I’d gotten a bonus of five thousand dollars, so I took the whole family out shopping.
We spent an hour in the store, and each of them bought everything they wanted.
Although I didn’t buy anything for myself, seeing the smiles on their faces, I was content.
Alvin was overjoyed to get the toy he’d always wanted, and when we got home, he happily
took out a few juice boxes.
“This one’s for Grandma. She’s aged, and I should be respectful to her.
This one’s for Dad. Dad works so hard every day, and Grandma said I should be grateful to
him.”
There were two bottles left, and Alvin took one for himself but didn’t offer me one.
I thought he’d just forgotten.
I was thirsty, too, so I grabbed one and drank it.
At that time, I had no clue that my simple action would provoke such an uproar among the
family.
“We have four juice boxes here. One went to you, one to your mom, and one to Alvin. So, why can’t I have one? I’m parched! I work all day, and when I come home, I take care of everything in the family.
Now I can’t even have a drink?
I’m your wife, not the maid of the house!
I’m drinking it. What’s the big deal?”
Penney frowned and, holding Alvin in her arms, began to criticize me.
“Look at your mom. She’s always stealing things.
She even took your last juice box!
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“Look at your mom. She’s always stealing things.
She even took your last juice box!
Your mom’s a terrible person. She doesn’t love you at all!”
Penney always did that.
Every time Alvin came home from school, Penney would jump at the chance to badmouth
me in front of him.
I couldn’t understand why she would do that. After all, I was Alvin’s mother, and she could
gain nothing by slandering me in front of Alvin.
I couldn’t understand why she always tried to undermine our relationship.
simply couldn’t fathom the reasoning behind her actions.
I rushed up, pulling Alvin to me and covering his ears.
“Penney! How much longer are you going to keep this up? I’ve had enough of you!
You just want our family to fall apart, don’t you?
Why do you always talk badly about me in front of Alvin?
What’s wrong with you? Do you find satisfaction in speaking ill of others?
If you keep doing this, I will give you a good lesson.”
She screamed in fear and tried to break free, but she couldn’t.
“You little b**ch, what are you doing?
I’m your mother–in–law!”
Curran stepped forward to stop me, but I dodged him.
I grabbed Penney’s face and shoved it hard against the wall.
“You can learn how to stop running your mouth now, can’t you? How’s that? Now you can control yourself, right?”
her.
Penney was too scared to speak, just glaring at me.
Alvin, who had been drinking his juice, suddenly rushed forward.
Ignoring that I was pregnant, he pushed me away and stood in front of Penney to protect
He glared at me fiercely. “You are a bad woman. Why are you hitting my grandma?!”
