I never expected her to say that. My voice trembled. “Stressed enough to just grab my things?””Chloe, this is my apartment!”Brenda cried even louder. “Hear that?! Hear what he’s saying?! ‘His’ apartment? He married into our family, he’s one of us now!”Kyle chimed in, adding fuel to the fire. “Exactly, bro-in-law, you’ve got the wrong idea. We’re family, there’s no ‘yours’ or ‘mine’.”My blood pressure felt like it was skyrocketing.
Waves of nausea washed over me.”I’m telling you, I’m not giving you this apartment!” I pointed at the door. “Give me back the deed right now, and get out of my house!”Brenda didn’t get up; instead, she started rolling on the floor. “Everyone, look! This is our wonderful son-in-law, who married into our family, isn’t just unfilial, he’s trying to kick us out of our own home!”
Because of the commotion, several neighbors had already gathered in the hallway, watching the show.Hearing Brenda’s words, some uninformed people started whispering, pointing fingers at me.Chloe, seeing this, quickly knelt down to help Brenda up. “Mom, please don’t do this.””Alex, please don’t say such harsh things.”My heart went completely cold.She was worried about her mom rolling on the floor, but not about me, being unjustly pushed to this point.I sneered, “Fine, Chloe.
ou go get that property deed back right now. Otherwise, tomorrow, I’m calling building security to kick your entire family out.”I turned, went back into the bedroom, slammed the door shut, and locked it.Immediately, even sharper wails and screams erupted from outside the door.”You’re so shameless!
You’ve barely been married and you’re already bullying your wife’s family!”Kyle started kicking the door. “Bro-in-law, open up! Let’s talk this out!”The banging rattled my head.”Alex, come out. Let’s sit down and discuss this.” Chloe was also knocking.I put on my earbuds and curled up on the bed.My head throbbed faintly.
I wasn’t sure if it was from anger or something else.After a while, the noise outside stopped.Feeling unwell, I didn’t think much of it and drifted into a deep sleep.The next morning, I was jolted awake by the piercing sound of an electric drill.I heard Brenda’s voice giving orders from outside the door. My heart pounded.
What was that old lady up to now?The moment I opened the door, I froze.Brenda had actually called a locksmith, and they were forcibly changing the locks on my front door!”What are you doing! Stop it!” I rushed forward to intervene.Kyle shot forward, blocking me, and shoved me hard.Caught off guard, my head slammed against the wall.”Chloe!”
