10: Against

CHRISTY:

When no one was able to say anything, it was Everette who broke the silence. He cleared his throat and said, “Everyone. I wanted you to meet my wife. You haven’t met her earlier, but here she is.”

His Mother looked at me from head to foot and her eyes were back at my face again.

Something was telling me that I should be wary of this woman. Plus the fact that she had not forgotten what I had done to his son.

Seeing my mother-in-law was like seeing Mom. She was like Mom who never was happy with anything I did.

Everette's mother was disappointed. All of Everette’s family were. If they were not, why would they fail to come to our wedding?

Does it matter? It was only a marriage out of paying your parent’s debt, right? Whatever they will think is none of my concern.

All I had to do was wait until Everette would be the one to divorce me.

“You did not tell me we have our visitor,” I commented, trying to act cool even if my hands were already cold.

“We want to surprise our son an