Get that man a cell phone and his own apartment!

The comment about her sister’s betrayal led me to think he was having an affair. I wasn’t expecting him to be her son though the fact that he doesn’t have the choice to leave makes this piece even more emotionally charged. Very well done.

> Her bony fingers extended then curled back into white-knuckled balls of fury.
> “I spit at you,” which she did, “I curse your name! I invoke all the gods of heaven to banish you to the pits of Hell!” Then seething, she demanded, “How could you plot so? With my sister!”

Makes me think she’s getting old and that they were planning on shoving her into a retirement home.