"You old fart, what have you been up to, Vanessa?" The yelling from my mother-in-law, who had been in the living room watching TV, returned. I heard her walking closer and closer.I wiped the sweat dripping down my forehead and neck, then glanced at her. "It'll be done soon." I replied as I continued to sweep the room.Since the morning, I hadn't stopped doing this and that all day. I cleaned the house, washed clothes, and prepared breakfast until I prepared dinner later, but none of the work was done by my mother-in-law. I didn't mind, though, I knew she was pretty old and probably tired and didn't have much energy left. But my mother-in-law scolded me too much. Almost every day, she would complain about me."You really are useless." I tightened my lips at her words, my heart beating rapidly, making an uncomfortable feeling in my chest. Every time she said something like that, I felt like a weight was tightly gripping my heart, making it impossible to ignore the pain. "There's nothin
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