I'd ignored her cheap shots before, but dissing my mom to my face? Couldn't let that slide.
I slapped her quick, "What your mouth!"
I was too fast for her to react, so she just took it.
But then Alex slapped me back, harder. Even without a mirror, I felt my cheek puff up.
"What right do you have to hit Cecelia?"
Alex was unapologetic and grilled me, "Do you realize how much your mom crossed the line? Using my name, claiming she was my mother-in-law on a live stream. It's messed up our business. Suppliers and clients think I'm playing both sides. Now we're losing advertisers and facing returns left and right."
He shoved his phone at me, showing a live stream of a middle-aged woman, anime effects and all. Looked a bit like Mom, but her face was hidden.
She was selling what Alex sold, but at prices way lower than they were on Alex's livestream channel.
She said as Alex's mother-in-law, she didn't want customers to be taken advantage of by big streamers, claiming she was cutting out the middleman to give folks a fair deal.