I paid with my husband Daniel’s payment card at a boutique, spending 30,000 dollars on a designer bag. When Daniel’s mother, Nora Howard, saw this, she immediately rushed over, snatched the bag from my hands, and slapped me across the face. “You bitch! Daniel works so hard for his money, and you’re spending it so recklessly! “You dress yourself up so beautifully every day. Tell me, are you carrying on with other men?” With these words, she picked up the scissors and slashed the bag open before throwing it into the trash. She even threatened to have Daniel divorce me. I shrugged my shoulders and gave her an indifferent look. After all, this bag wasn’t for me. It was a gift Daniel had asked me to buy for his client. When I got home, Nora was just coming out of the bedroom. It looked like she had just gotten up. Before I could greet her, she immediately spotted the bag in my hand and rushed over to grab it. “You bitch! Daniel works so hard for his money, and you’re spending it so recklessly!” My lips moved slightly as I was about to explain, but she slapped me across the face first. She looked at me with a twisted expression, then scolded, “I’ve always known you were a spendthrift woman. If Daniel didn’t like you so much, there’s no way I’d let you marry him! “In all the years that you’ve been married, you’ve never contributed anything to this family. You just stay at home every day, spend Daniel’s money, and expect me to take care of you.” With that, she spat on the floor. “You dress yourself up so beautifully every day. Tell me, are you carrying on with other men?” I was furious, unable to believe how shameless she was. What did she mean, I only stayed at home and spent Daniel’s money? Why was she accusing me of having an affair? I stayed at home because my job was running a social media account. Now I made over 10,000 dollars a month. Aside from regular savings, I spent all of it on the family. I knew Daniel was busy with work, so after finishing my video editing tasks, I took on chores like grocery shopping and cooking. I also knew he was a filial person, so when he said he wanted to bring his mother to live with us, I didn’t object. If anyone hadn’t contributed to this family, it should be Nora.
I covered my face, which was slightly swollen. Although I was really angry inside, I didn’t lash out. After all, I still had to live with Nora in the future, and she was an elder. I tried to explain, “Nora, this bag wasn’t for me. It was for Daniel’s client…” Before I could finish my sentence, she angrily slapped me again. The force of the slap was so strong that I stumbled back. Now, both sides of my face were burning with pain. I had explained everything clearly, but she wouldn’t listen. “Do you think I’ll believe your excuses? “Yesterday, I asked Danny for money to shoot some craps, and he told me that the money from his payment card went to you to buy this bag!” Her eyes were filled with resentment as she glared at me. “It’s all your fault, spending all of Daniel’s money, leaving me without money for shooting some craps. “You’re such an unfilial, spendthrift wife. Back in our hometown, they’d tie you to a tree and beat you!” That was when I realized why she was so furious. It turned out that she hadn’t been able to get the money for the craps yesterday. She was just taking out her anger on me. Even the calmest person would be enraged by those two slaps. And with her constantly interrupting me and wrongfully accusing me, I couldn’t take it anymore. I yelled at her, “What do you mean I’m unfilial? “I give you money for craps once a month, and this month I already gave you 3,000 dollars. You lost it all yourself! “Look around the house—these health care products, the massage chair—didn’t I buy all of these for you?” I stormed into her room and grabbed a few boxes of healthcare products from her drawer. “You were scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars for them. You were afraid that Daniel would find out, so you had me pay for all of it. “How have I treated you badly? “Don’t even say this bag wasn’t for me. Even if it was, so what?” After hearing all that, her face grew even darker. When she saw the boxes of medicine in my hand, it seemed like she couldn’t take it anymore. She rushed over and knocked the boxes out of my hand. The pills scattered all over the floor.
“It’s your duty to spend money on me, but spending Daniel’s money is wrong.” Nora was being unreasonable, hands on her hips, her neck flushed red. Her face was twisted with anger as her eyes darted to the scissors on the living room table. She strode over. Realizing what she was about to do, I rushed to stop her, but she shoved me away. Without hesitation, she grabbed the scissors and slashed the surface of the bag. “How could you buy this! How could you spend Daniel’s money! “Today, I’m going to show you who’s in charge of this house!” After slashing the surface, she snipped the strap off the bag and then casually threw it into the trash can. She looked at me smugly. “I bet you won’t dare buy another bag again! This is the consequence of defying me!” I stood there, my mouth agape in shock. A 30,000-dollar bag, just like that, was tossed away. Seeing me frozen in place, she grew even bolder, not the slightest bit remorseful. It seemed like she wasn’t done yet; she stormed into my bedroom, her eyes fixed on my vanity. With a swift motion, she knocked the entire vanity over. My cosmetics and skin care products shattered on the floor. “Nora! What are you doing?” I screamed, unable to believe the scene unfolding before my eyes. I bought these cosmetics last week. I’d barely used them, and now they were all broken! “Don’t you love makeup? You always spend so much of Daniel’s money on it. I’ve hated it for a long time! “Today, I’m going to clean all your stuff out! “Without these, let’s see if you can still seduce other men!” She said this as she looked around the room, her eyes landing on my wardrobe. She opened it, grabbed the scissors, and began cutting my clothes, one by one. In no time, every piece of clothing was ruined, shredded into tatters. She kept cutting, her jealousy almost palpable as she looked at me. “Look at you, Stella. Buying so many clothes I’ve never seen before! “Tell me, did some man buy these for you? Are you carrying on with other men?”
Looking at the twisted expression on Nora’s face and then at the shattered cosmetics and shredded clothes all over the floor, I couldn’t hold back my anger anymore. It felt like I lost my mind. I grabbed her by the hair and slapped her face, one slap after another. My hands shook with rage, and I had no idea how hard I was hitting her. “Stella! You dare hit me… you bitch!” She struggled, but I held her tightly, slapping her over and over again. With the combined pain in her scalp and cheek, her arrogance from before turned into begging. “Stell… stop hitting me, please! It’s my fault. It’s all my fault! “Please stop. My head hurts… my face…” Hearing her groaning, I finally regained some control. I let go of her, and she fell onto the broken glass scattered on the floor. “Ahh!” Immediately, her hands were cut by the shards of glass. She stared at her hands in disbelief, then shot me a vicious glare, as if she wanted to tear me apart. “Stella! You bitch! You’ve beaten me like this. Daniel will never forgive you! “When he comes back, I’ll make sure he divorces you!” I took a deep breath, trying to suppress my fury, and picked up my phone to call him. The moment the call was connected, she grabbed my phone like a mad woman. “Daniel! I’m at home, and Stella’s going to kill me! If you don’t pick up now, you’ll never see me again! “Come back and divorce this bitch!” I just turned on hands-free, so I could hear him impatiently saying, “I’m at work right now. Why do you keep stressing me out every day?” She kept complaining on the phone, insisting that he come back right away. Finally, he relented. “I’ll come back after work.” She instantly wore a triumphant expression, looking at me smugly. “When Daniel gets back, you’re toast!”
After Nora realized she was holding my phone, she immediately threw it to the ground. The screen flickered a few times before going black. “Ugh! Who gave you permission to use such an expensive phone? “Just so you know, those clothes you’re wearing, Daniel bought them for you. Once you’re divorced, you won’t be able to take anything with you!” I was absolutely furious. At this point, nothing she said would surprise me anymore. I was more curious to see Daniel’s reaction when he came back. After all, this bag was something he had asked me to buy for his client, and it was a limited edition. The one I bought was the last one in the boutique. His company had recently faced a financial crisis, and the client he was gifting the bag to was the only one who could save his company. I’ve always had a love for designer bags, and I know the salespeople at the boutique. After begging me for three days, he finally convinced me to help him buy it. Now, the bag was ruined. Without that bag to win over the client, his company was probably doomed. “Fine, let’s see who Daniel will blame when he comes back.” Seeing that I still wasn’t backing down, she became even angrier. She pointed at me as if to scold me, but in the end, she held back. It seemed like she realized that, being elderly, she couldn’t win against me. But she wasn’t ready to give up just yet. She tilted her head, thinking for a moment. And then, as if coming up with a devious plan, she quickly walked to the door, opened it, and sat down in the hallway outside. She started crying loudly, “My life is so miserable! At my age, being abused by my son’s wife! I must have had the worst luck in the world! “Someone, help me! If I hadn’t run out of there, this bitch would have killed me! “She’s abusing me! She’s trying to kill me!” As she said this, she slapped her thigh and then suddenly screamed in pain. It seemed she had forgotten that her hands were covered in broken glass, and blood was still oozing from her palm. Though I was still very angry, I couldn’t help but be amused by her actions. She shot me a glare and, seeing no neighbors come out, got up and started knocking on doors. “Someone’s going to die! Someone’s going to die!”
Nora kept banging on the door and shouting, and the neighbors could no longer pretend they didn’t hear. They cracked their doors open just enough to peek outside. Mary Nelson, a neighbor who was friendly with Nora, immediately gasped. “Oh my God, what happened to you? Why are your face and hands all bruised? Who did this to you?” Nora looked at Mary like a savior, almost moved to tears. She pointed at me and yelled, “She’s the one who did it. “She spends all of Daniel’s money on useless luxury items. I only said a few words to her, and she hit me! “Look, my face and hands are all bruised from her! “I’m so old. How can I stand this kind of abuse from her?” People love gossip. Soon, several other neighbors came out to watch the drama unfold. They looked at her, bruised and battered, and then at me, who appeared completely unharmed. They believed her words, and one by one, they shot me looks of disgust. Mary started accusing me, “She’s your husband’s mom. How could you abuse her? “You’re just a stay-at-home wife. How can you be so shameless to spend all your husband’s money?” Two other neighbors also started murmuring about me, “She’s really a wolf in sheep’s clothing. She seemed so gentle, but who would have thought she’d be so cruel to her husband’s mom?” “Daniel’s really pitiful, marrying a woman like her. What bad luck!” “If I were Daniel, I’d break her legs and lock her in the house to make her reflect on her actions. What kind of wife hits her husband’s mom?” “I’ve always said she’s not a good woman. Look at how she dresses up so brightly every day. She probably has an affair!” Listening to their slander, Nora almost laughed out loud. I felt my face go dark, barely holding back my anger. I was about to shout back at them when the elevator dinged. Daniel walked out from inside.
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