After my husband Ryan passed away, I was devastated. But just two days after his funeral, my mother-in-law, Margaret, made things worse. She changed the locks on our home, threw me and my children out, and left us homeless. She believed she had won, but she had no idea she was making the worst mistake of her life.
Margaret had never liked me. Even after I married Ryan, she made her disapproval clear, ignoring me and my children, Emma and Liam, from my previous marriage.
I once overheard her calling me a gold-digger, accusing me of trapping Ryan with my “ready-made family.” When I confronted Ryan, he was furious. He assured me that we were his world and that his mother would either accept us or lose him.
