Unexpectedly, my mother was so angry that she couldn’t stand it. “Hannah, why are you on her side? Yes, you give her 2,800 dollars every month, but you also opened a 14,000-dollar interim payment for her. She spends it all every month! There are already nannies at home. What does she do besides square dancing and rummy? What’s there to be sorry about? A son-in-law who was only married into the family? I don’t know how a person who did something horrible can have the nerve to cry like this…”
I wanted to quickly interrupt my mother, but it was too late. Rebecca’s defenses completely shattered when she heard the words “son-in-law.” She suddenly jumped up from the sofa, beating her chest and stamping her feet in tears like a child.
“I’m going to die! My son, Sebastian, only an unfilial son! What kind of wife did you marry to put your mother through such humiliation? They just look down on our Bailey Family…”
Looking at the chaotic scene before me, the fatigue and irritation accumulated from working overtime instantly washed over me.