I Sold the House While My In-Laws Were on VacationChapter 1
My mother traveled all the way from our hometown to visit me. She accidentally dropped a single strand of hair on the floor, and my mother-in-law, Rebecca James, immediately flew into a rage.
"This is disgusting! Where did all this filth come from? This was a perfectly clean house, and now it's absolutely revolting!"
My mother hung her head, shame written all over her face.
I looked at my husband, expecting him to say something in her defense.
Instead, Connor James grabbed every last one of the farm-fresh eggs my mother had brought from home and dumped them into the trash.
"Everyone in this family has standards. We value cleanliness. Don't bring this backwoods stuff into our home again. It's crawling with bacteria."
I didn't argue. I didn't make a scene. I quietly called a real estate agent and listed the house for sale—the house I'd bought outright before we ever got married.
If they were so terrified of dirt, then they could stop living in a house I paid for. Wouldn't want to soil their precious feet.
……
Watching the eggs she'd carried so carefully shatter against the inside of the trash can, my mother's heart broke.