“I also know you stole my phone and deleted her messages,” Wesley continued. “And I know you sent a threat from a burner phone registered to your account.”
He turned the screen to show the photo of the destroyed nursery. Edith blinked rapidly but then lifted her chin with a sense of misplaced pride.
“I did everything for your own sake,” she claimed.
“My sake?” Wesley laughed incredulously. “You threw my pregnant wife onto the street for my sake?”
“She was changing you!” Edith screamed. “Before she came, you listened to me and this house was mine!”
“You still matter to me, but you do not matter more than my daughter’s life,” Wesley said firmly.
“I gave you life!” Edith shrieked.
“And Cassandra is giving life to my child, whom you tried to hurt,” Wesley countered.
The older aunt finally spoke up and told Edith that she had gone too far this time. Edith realized she was losing her audience and began to cry out of pure anger.
“I wrecked that room because I won’t let a stranger boss me around in my own home,” Edith finally admitted.
Wesley felt something inside of him snap for good. “The deed is in both of our names, Mother.”