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Mandy realized Edwin was not going to help, so she turned to her mom."Mom, just look at what Edwin and his wife are doing to me! Are you just going to watch them destroy my family?"Her mom actually felt sorry for her and looked at me with hopeful eyes.I gave a small smile. "Sure, if you can make up for the jewelry you owe me, we might be able to settle this. But do you have 60 thousand dollars?"When my mother-in-law heard that, her eyes rolled back, and she pretended to faint. She had already spent 15 thousand dollars of her savings, so there was no way she could pay more.Mandy was so mad that she went into early labor. She was rushed to the hospital that night and fortunately, avoided a disaster.Her in-laws never showed up, and David was not picked up by the police from the gambling table until sunrise.She was okay, but David was in deep trouble. David had gambled away everything they owned, so there was no way he could pay back what he owed. In the end, he had to choose
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Edwin had no clue where I was and that I had sold the house. When the new owners came to take occupancy, they kicked them right out.Before my mother-in-law moved in with us, she had sold her old place, so then she had to rent.Edwin got a new phone number and called to confront me. "What right did you have to sell the house? Did you ask me first?"I laughed calmly. "Why would I need your permission? My parents bought the house and car, not you."After that, I stopped answering his calls, leaving him powerless.Edwin was jobless, Mandy had moved back in with her two kids, and my mother-in-law's savings were running out fast. She became even more careful with money, trying to make every cent count.The food they ate was the worst. My mother-in-law would pick up the wilted leaves that others had thrown away. To save water, she would not flush the toilet and even reused toilet paper. She even washed and dried Mandy's used sanitary pads for Mandy to use again.Mandy could not bear t
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My mother-in-law was freaking out and called Edwin, but he was too busy gambling with David to bother.Mandy did not find out until she got back from her date. She raced to the hospital.My mother-in-law was still acting the same, sitting on the floor and making a scene with her tears."I just went out to buy some groceries. I didn't know this would happen. You were all out, and I had to watch the kids and cook... It wasn't on purpose."Mandy, who had never taken care of her own kids, got really mad at her mom."Can't you understand anything? Are you out of your mind? I should've sent you to get your head checked! I've told you a million times not to skimp on the heating. How could you not listen? You owe me my children's lives! What am I going to tell David..."The thing she was scared of the most was not being able to explain herself.The Lewis family did not pay much attention to many things, but they sure loved their two grandkids a lot. David was a real piece of work, and
The Gap in Our Words Chapter 1
I woke up with a start to the loud sounds of my mother-in-law cleaning. It hit me like a lightning bolt—I had somehow gone back in time.I grabbed my phone and saw it was the day I got fired over a contract mix-up. It was exactly 5:00 am.There she was, stepping out of my study—a place I had told her a million times not to enter, especially not to mess with my papers.She never listened, always doing whatever she wanted without thinking about anyone else.In my previous life, she sneaked into my study and swapped an important page from a contract I needed with one from a different contract.I had checked it so many times before, so that morning, I just briefly glanced over it as I was in a hurry.However, during the signing, the client caught the mistake. They called me a liar right there and then and pulled the plug on our deal. I lost a million-dollar order, and my company blamed me and let me go.I was so mad that I confronted my mother-in-law. She just cried and said, "I wok
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Teresa got so thin in the hospital, and before I could lose my mind, my mother-in-law started acting like it was the end for her."I'm old and useless. I can't even spoil my granddaughter without getting complaints. I'm better off dead if it means I'll get talked about behind my back otherwise," she wailed.My sister-in-law, Mandy, lectured me, "Mom was just trying to leave the best for the baby. She didn't know it was bad for Teresa! She's lucky to have gotten to drink such a pricey formula. You should be thankful, not complaining!"And the baby's okay, isn't she? Mom's been working hard to care for you both. So she made a mistake. Is it a big deal?"Hearing that, my mother-in-law got all worked up and threatened to jump out the window right there in the hospital ward to express how sorry she was.Edwin was so mad that he slapped me. "Did my mom do something so terrible that you want to push her over the edge? I was wrong about you!"Before, Edwin was really nice to me, and his
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I left the house with a bitter laugh and let my mother-in-law do her own thing. I would not hold her back anymore.I was going to watch her mess up and watch the whole Williams family get what was coming to them! In the end, Edwin woke up, lost his temper, and argued with his mom. She cried a river, and he ended up calling me to vent. I played the understanding one and told him, "Your mom got up early just for you. It's not easy, right? She's doing it all for you. Why fuss over an old lady?"Edwin was totally confused because whenever he used to complain to me, I would just complain even more.He never thought I would take his mom's side, especially using his own favorite phrases. He was so mad that he just hung up the phone.I could not help but giggle. He now knew what it felt like to be woken up too early, right?He only felt the pain when it was his own toe getting stubbed. Well, this was just the start!The contract was perfect, and I nailed the deal for my company. My sup
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In the hospital ward, everyone stared at me as if I was the mean daughter-in-law.I looked back at them, my face the picture of innocence. I pretended to have no idea what they were talking about."I work all day, from dawn till dusk. Your mom is the one at home, and she makes her own meals. I give her 1,200 dollars a month for expenses, and she never has any cash left. There's no way she's eating food that had gone bad, right?"Mandy clammed up when she heard that. She knew she was the one pocketing most of that money, a whole 1,050 dollars of it.My mother-in-law? She was good at looking sorry for herself, crying and playing dumb. I used to let it slide, but did she think I was an idiot?Just then, they wheeled in Edwin, who was groaning with a bad case of stomach flu—all because he had food that had gone bad.I had asked the doctor to put him in the same ward as my mother-in-law just to see what would happen.The doctor came in and warned us, "It's hot now, and food goes bad
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Edwin got so tired of me asking him to work that he just started hanging out and playing cards while supposedly working.His paycheck? It was exactly 1,200 dollars, the same amount I gave his mom for her expenses. Hence, she could not help Mandy anymore.Mandy was fed up. Her husband was a gambler and offered no help at all, and she was expecting another baby. They really needed the extra 1,050 dollars each month, and without it, they were struggling. When her husband did not win any money, he would take it out on her.So Mandy, with her little one in tow, moved into my place with tears streaming down her face. She thought she might get some extra help, plus free meals. Edwin and his mom only talked to me about it after they were already settling in. Watching the six-year-old bouncing on my couch and my sister-in-law using my pajamas and skincare, I just said yes. A family in trouble should stick together, right?They were surprised I was so easygoing this time, and they started
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My mother-in-law was freaking out and called Edwin, but he was too busy gambling with David to bother.Mandy did not find out until she got back from her date. She raced to the hospital.My mother-in-law was still acting the same, sitting on the floor and making a scene with her tears."I just went out to buy some groceries. I didn't know this would happen. You were all out, and I had to watch the kids and cook... It wasn't on purpose."Mandy, who had never taken care of her own kids, got really mad at her mom."Can't you understand anything? Are you out of your mind? I should've sent you to get your head checked! I've told you a million times not to skimp on the heating. How could you not listen? You owe me my children's lives! What am I going to tell David..."The thing she was scared of the most was not being able to explain herself.The Lewis family did not pay much attention to many things, but they sure loved their two grandkids a lot. David was a real piece of work, and
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Edwin had no clue where I was and that I had sold the house. When the new owners came to take occupancy, they kicked them right out.Before my mother-in-law moved in with us, she had sold her old place, so then she had to rent.Edwin got a new phone number and called to confront me. "What right did you have to sell the house? Did you ask me first?"I laughed calmly. "Why would I need your permission? My parents bought the house and car, not you."After that, I stopped answering his calls, leaving him powerless.Edwin was jobless, Mandy had moved back in with her two kids, and my mother-in-law's savings were running out fast. She became even more careful with money, trying to make every cent count.The food they ate was the worst. My mother-in-law would pick up the wilted leaves that others had thrown away. To save water, she would not flush the toilet and even reused toilet paper. She even washed and dried Mandy's used sanitary pads for Mandy to use again.Mandy could not bear t
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Mandy realized Edwin was not going to help, so she turned to her mom."Mom, just look at what Edwin and his wife are doing to me! Are you just going to watch them destroy my family?"Her mom actually felt sorry for her and looked at me with hopeful eyes.I gave a small smile. "Sure, if you can make up for the jewelry you owe me, we might be able to settle this. But do you have 60 thousand dollars?"When my mother-in-law heard that, her eyes rolled back, and she pretended to faint. She had already spent 15 thousand dollars of her savings, so there was no way she could pay more.Mandy was so mad that she went into early labor. She was rushed to the hospital that night and fortunately, avoided a disaster.Her in-laws never showed up, and David was not picked up by the police from the gambling table until sunrise.She was okay, but David was in deep trouble. David had gambled away everything they owned, so there was no way he could pay back what he owed. In the end, he had to choose
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My usually sweet sister-in-law, Mandy, was on her husband's side, insisting that her own mom and brother pay up.Edwin could not reach me by phone and did not have the cash, so he expected his mom to cover for him.My mother-in-law just plopped down on the floor, crying her eyes out, saying her kids were pushing her to the edge."Oh, my stars! I raised my children all by myself and even helped with the grandkids. Now, they're trying to push me over the edge!"David, the bully, did not care one bit. He roughed up Edwin, saying no money meant paying with his life.My mother-in-law only had one son, so through her tears, she agreed to pay.They could not squeeze the money out of me, so they went after my mother-in-law's life savings.Mandy, after getting her way, said, "Mom, your money is my money. We're family, so why be so formal? Think of it as a little something for your grandson's health. That's your own grandson who you almost hurt. It's only fair to contribute to his well-be
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I stepped in with all the energy I had and gave Mandy two big slaps, just like Mandy had given me but twice as hard."That's your mom you're talking to! If you can't take care of a kid, then why have one? You let someone else watch him instead. And now, you're blaming your mom when she makes a mistake?"Mandy was so shocked by my slaps that she just stared at me with a mean look while people around us started to gossip.She tried to explain, "Do you even know what she did? She cooked meat that had chemicals in it and served it to Jared!"It did not matter what my mother-in-law did. What mattered was that Mandy should be kind and respectful!When I lost my Teresa, did Mandy not just say mean things and hurt me more?Now that it was happening to her, why could she not deal with it?She once got some milk powder for her mom, and when it expired, she told my mother-in-law to give it to Teresa.If my mother-in-law was clueless and bad, then my sister-in-law was just plain mean and n
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Edwin got so tired of me asking him to work that he just started hanging out and playing cards while supposedly working.His paycheck? It was exactly 1,200 dollars, the same amount I gave his mom for her expenses. Hence, she could not help Mandy anymore.Mandy was fed up. Her husband was a gambler and offered no help at all, and she was expecting another baby. They really needed the extra 1,050 dollars each month, and without it, they were struggling. When her husband did not win any money, he would take it out on her.So Mandy, with her little one in tow, moved into my place with tears streaming down her face. She thought she might get some extra help, plus free meals. Edwin and his mom only talked to me about it after they were already settling in. Watching the six-year-old bouncing on my couch and my sister-in-law using my pajamas and skincare, I just said yes. A family in trouble should stick together, right?They were surprised I was so easygoing this time, and they started
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In the hospital ward, everyone stared at me as if I was the mean daughter-in-law.I looked back at them, my face the picture of innocence. I pretended to have no idea what they were talking about."I work all day, from dawn till dusk. Your mom is the one at home, and she makes her own meals. I give her 1,200 dollars a month for expenses, and she never has any cash left. There's no way she's eating food that had gone bad, right?"Mandy clammed up when she heard that. She knew she was the one pocketing most of that money, a whole 1,050 dollars of it.My mother-in-law? She was good at looking sorry for herself, crying and playing dumb. I used to let it slide, but did she think I was an idiot?Just then, they wheeled in Edwin, who was groaning with a bad case of stomach flu—all because he had food that had gone bad.I had asked the doctor to put him in the same ward as my mother-in-law just to see what would happen.The doctor came in and warned us, "It's hot now, and food goes bad
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I left the house with a bitter laugh and let my mother-in-law do her own thing. I would not hold her back anymore.I was going to watch her mess up and watch the whole Williams family get what was coming to them! In the end, Edwin woke up, lost his temper, and argued with his mom. She cried a river, and he ended up calling me to vent. I played the understanding one and told him, "Your mom got up early just for you. It's not easy, right? She's doing it all for you. Why fuss over an old lady?"Edwin was totally confused because whenever he used to complain to me, I would just complain even more.He never thought I would take his mom's side, especially using his own favorite phrases. He was so mad that he just hung up the phone.I could not help but giggle. He now knew what it felt like to be woken up too early, right?He only felt the pain when it was his own toe getting stubbed. Well, this was just the start!The contract was perfect, and I nailed the deal for my company. My sup
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Teresa got so thin in the hospital, and before I could lose my mind, my mother-in-law started acting like it was the end for her."I'm old and useless. I can't even spoil my granddaughter without getting complaints. I'm better off dead if it means I'll get talked about behind my back otherwise," she wailed.My sister-in-law, Mandy, lectured me, "Mom was just trying to leave the best for the baby. She didn't know it was bad for Teresa! She's lucky to have gotten to drink such a pricey formula. You should be thankful, not complaining!"And the baby's okay, isn't she? Mom's been working hard to care for you both. So she made a mistake. Is it a big deal?"Hearing that, my mother-in-law got all worked up and threatened to jump out the window right there in the hospital ward to express how sorry she was.Edwin was so mad that he slapped me. "Did my mom do something so terrible that you want to push her over the edge? I was wrong about you!"Before, Edwin was really nice to me, and his
