I Overheard My Husband Plotting with His Mother to Sell Our House to Pay Off Her Loan – I Had to Teach Them a Lesson

“They’re young,” he added. “They don’t need stability yet.”

Something inside me cracked.

“What about school?” Helen asked.

“We’ll rent nearby. It’s not ideal, but families make sacrifices.”

“And if she refuses?”

There was a pause. Just long enough to make my skin crawl.

“Linda and the kids can adjust. It’s temporary.”

“She won’t,” Mark said. “She doesn’t really have a choice.”

I don’t remember deciding to move. I just suddenly found myself standing in the doorway.

“Why do you think I don’t get a choice?” I asked.

Both of them turned. Mark blinked at me like I’d appeared out of thin air. For half a second, he looked genuinely confused. Helen recovered first.

“What is she doing here?” she snapped, like I was the intruder.

“She doesn’t really have a choice.”