Stories: You should be nice to them

My heart slammed into my ribs.

“What is this?” I asked.

Silence.

Then my mother-in-law straightened up and said, almost cheerfully, “We’re planning the renovation.”

“Renovation?” I repeated.

“Yes,” she said. “We’ll be converting the downstairs office into our bedroom. It’s silly for us to keep paying rent when we practically funded this house.”

I stared continue reading …