My mother-in-law invited me to a family reunion, then told me there was no room for me. Her excuse was insulting enough, but seeing my husband with someone else at the table made things worse. Then the woman I thought was my rival said something neither my husband nor his mother wanted me to hear.
My mother-in-law, Odette, had never liked me. But when she called and asked me to bring a cake to her family reunion, I thought maybe things were finally changing.
“Something homemade would be lovely, Meredith,” she said. “Everyone’s coming.”
I spent most of Saturday baking her favorite chocolate cake.
My husband, Callum, had to finish something at work, so we agreed to meet at his mother’s house.
When I arrived, the dining room was already full.
There wasn’t a chair for me.
“Odette, I think we’re missing a seat.”
She barely looked up.
“Oh, Meredith. Just leave the cake in the kitchen.”
“Where am I supposed to sit?”
“Well, dear, this is really a family gathering.”
I stared at her.
“I’m married to your son.”
“Yes, but we’re already full.”
Before I could respond, I noticed a woman sitting beside Callum.
I knew her immediately.
Felicity.
His ex-wife.
They’d divorced years before we met, and Callum had always told me they barely spoke anymore.
Yet there she was, laughing with his mother, sitting in the chair where I should’ve been.
“Callum?” I said.
He looked up, and his smile vanished.
“Meredith? You’re here already?”
“Apparently, I’m here to deliver dessert. Why is Felicity sitting with your family?”
Odette interrupted.
“Don’t make a scene. Felicity has been part of this family for years.”
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