She'd hidden unidentifiable hair in my mother's meals. Poured toilet water into her cup. In the end, she even tried to kill me.
When my mother discovered the affair and threatened to take them to court, they turned the tables on her. They framed her as a murderer and had her arrested.
I was two years old when they dumped me at an orphanage and left me to fend for myself.
And now, her daughter had wormed her way into my marriage.
Vivian looked at me with triumph in her eyes.
"You're just as useless as your mother. Can't even hold on to a man. Both of you, worthless."
Slap.
My hand connected with her face before I even thought about it.
Vivian crumpled to the floor on cue, clutching her stomach and wailing in agony.
The commotion brought Otis and Melvin running down the stairs.
Melvin pulled Vivian into his arms, his face tight with concern.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!"
Vivian leaned against him, her voice small and pitiful.
"Don't blame her. She probably can't help it. She can't have children of her own, so seeing me pregnant must have set her off. She didn't mean to hurt me or the baby."
Otis's expression darkened in an instant.