“Yes. And if you knew what happened the day your father humiliated me exactly the way you just humiliated Emily, you would never have dared say those words.”
Suddenly, Mike grabbed his mother’s hand.
“Mom, please. Not in front of her…”
I froze.
What did my husband know that I didn’t? Why was he so terrified of his mother’s story? And was Margaret about to defend me—or reveal something that would change our marriage forever?
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Margaret pulled her hand away from Mike.
“Don’t tell me to stop. You asked me to teach your wife a lesson. Well, someone in this room certainly needs one.”
Mike’s face turned red.
“Mom, you’re embarrassing me.”
“Embarrassing you?” she repeated. “Interesting. Now you understand how that feels.”
I sat silently, holding Sophie against my chest.
Margaret turned toward me.