“What’s going on anyway? – I thought, reluctantly climbing out from under the warm plaid.
It was Saturday. My husband had gone to his mother’s house to help her. She was in no condition to defrost her refrigerator herself. Artyom came back very quickly. This immediately alarmed me.
– Where are you? Lisa! Come and get the guests! – I heard my mother-in-law’s voice through my sleep.
“What’s she doing here?” – I thought, with great reluctance, getting out from under the plaid.
It turned out that the mother-in-law was not the only guest. My husband’s nephews looked out from behind her. My husband was silent and looked at me very guiltily.
– Coming through! – my mother-in-law commanded her grandchildren. – And you go and help the movers! After all, they are paid by the hour! Let them quickly unload everything and bring it all in!
The nephews started running around the apartment. My husband left. And my mother-in-law hugged me and said:
– “Let’s go, Lizotchka! We need to talk to you.
I was very confused after waking up so abruptly. And I couldn’t understand anything: why my husband’s nephews appeared in our apartment, my mother-in-law appeared, and some movers? I did not like what was going on in my apartment. My mother-in-law put the kettle on and asked me:
– Do you want tea or coffee?
– Coffee! – I answered with surprise.
My mother-in-law was acting very suspiciously. Usually she does not talk to me at all. And if she does, she only insults and humiliates me.
– What do you want anyway? – I immediately asked my mother-in-law.
But my mother-in-law didn’t have time to answer. There was the sound of breaking glass. My mother-in-law and I rushed into the room. My nephews were standing by the broken vase.
– Stop it at once! Turn on the TV, sit on the couch, and watch cartoons! – said my mother-in-law. – Do you understand me?
– Yes, Grandma, we understand! – and the boys immediately ran into the other room.
My mother-in-law cleaned up the splinters, and then she and I went into the kitchen. But that’s when the front door opened.
– So where should we put the bed? – Someone asked.
– Over there,” said my husband.
I went out to see what was going on. There was no bed in the direct sense of the word, it was the parts of a child’s bunk bed, where my husband’s sister’s children were sleeping, the same nephews who had just broken my favorite vase.
– What on earth is going on? – I asked.
– Do not worry! Anechka put in the hospital for a month or two. And my mother can not cope with grandchildren. So they will stay with us for now!
– And what hospital is Anya in? Is the disease that she has, treated only in Thailand? – I asked.
– And how do you know? – My mother-in-law was surprised.
I took the phone and opened the page Anya. I showed pictures of Anya flying on a plane. Then, where she was lounging on the beach.
– In a hospital? I would lie in such a hospital too, and not just once a year!
– You see, Anya left her children. She found herself a man, packed her things and left.
– And why are you lying to me? – I took offense.
– But we hope that Anya will come to her senses and come back.
– You’ll agree to take the children, won’t you? – said my husband.
– Who thinks so? And what makes you think that I would even agree to it? They’re out of control! They’ll tear my whole apartment! And who’s going to make it up to me?
– We’re your family and we need help! You have to help us! All you think about is money! – My mother-in-law told me.
– Since when did I become your family? You said yourself that I was nothing, that I was nothing. What’s changed all of a sudden? Do you want my help? If you’d asked, maybe I wouldn’t have said no. But you tried to lie! I will not help you or your daughter, who has humiliated me for so many years! Take your grandchildren, take your bunk bed, and get out of here now!
– How can you do that? – Artyom said.
– I can! I totally can! This is my parents’ apartment! Who will live here, and what will happen here at all, only I will decide! Have you forgotten how many years your mother and your sister humiliated me? They threw mud all over me! Do you remember how Anya taught her children to swear at me and laugh funny at it? Well, her children will never live in my apartment! They have a grandmother and they also have a father! You have 15 minutes to get your kids and their stuff and get out of here forever!
My husband left with his mother and nephews. He never came back to me. He just sent me a text saying that I was a big disappointment to him. And I’m glad he left and never came back. I don’t want anything to do with him or his family at all!
