I knew ten days with my mother-in-law would test my patience. I didn’t expect to come home on day five and find our bedroom door leaning against the hallway wall. Grace said her son had nothing to hide from her. Harold barely reacted. He simply took my hand and told me to wait until she went to bed.
There are several things you expect to find missing when you come home from work.
An Amazon package.
The leftovers you were saving.
One sock.
Your bedroom door is not generally on the list.
There are several things you expect to find missing when you come home from work.
I stopped halfway down the hallway.
The doorway was completely empty.
Our door leaned against the opposite wall. The hinges, screws, and doorknob were arranged neatly on the carpet.
Grace had even put the screws in a little row.
The doorway was completely empty.
Apparently, boundary violations could be extremely organized.
My mother-in-law stood inside our bedroom folding Harold’s shirts.
“What did you do?” I asked.
She didn’t turn around.
“You two keep closing yourselves in here like teenagers. It’s ridiculous.”
“What did you do?”
“You took our door off?”
