“If you dare step out of this house today, then don’t call me ‘Mom’ anymore. I don’t have a son who forgets his obligations so easily.”
The room fell into suffocating silence.
She took a step forward, her voice trembling with restrained emotion. “Think carefully. When you were bedridden, teetering between life and death, who was the one by your side? Who cared for you day and night?” Her gaze darkened. “Have you already forgotten?”
Her fingers tightened around my hand, her eyes misting with unshed tears.
“You may have forgotten, but I haven’t. Audrey is the greatest benefactor of this family. A person should never forget kindness.”
Her voice grew firmer, her words pressing down like an iron weight.
“If not for your wife, would you even have the success you enjoy today?”
“And yet, you bring your ex into this house so brazenly. Have you ever stopped to consider Audrey’s feelings? If you refuse to cherish her, I will.”
Hugo’s expression wavered. He turned to me, his gaze unreadable, a storm of emotions flickering behind his eyes.
And then, slowly, he sank back into his seat.
My mother-in-law exhaled, her anger melting into guilt as she turned to me, her voice softening.