Three years later, she was full of regret…
Margaret shouted at her daughter-in-law, Take your child and leave this house. That is not our child. And William trusted you so much! All Emily could do was clutch her baby close and burst into tears. And Margaret Well, shed been saying since the very beginning that Emily couldnt be pregnant with her precious sons child. William had always been a mummys boy, right under his mothers thumb his whole life. Not even marriage managed to change that dynamic. And Emily was powerlessshe could only look at her husband with tears welling up in her eyes.
William, why do you let your mother pick on me for every little thing? What have I ever done to deserve this? shed ask, desperate.
Just be patient, love. It’s just my mum! hed reply, brushing it off every single time.
But the final straw came when her mother-in-law simply refused to accept that the baby Emily had just given birth to was truly Williams. At that point, Emily was done. She packed up her things, collected up the babys belongings, and went to stay with her parents. But what really broke her was that, on the day she left, William didnt even try to stop her.
His mother, meanwhile, all but celebrated her victory. At long last, she thought she could go back to her familiar routinethose evenings where William would come home from work, theyd sit down for dinner, have a cuppa, and enjoy a nice chat together.
But then, something she never expected happened. William was walking home late from work one evening when a stranger jumped out at him, knocked him out, and mugged him. Sadly, William never regained consciousnesshe was gone, just like that. Margaret nearly lost her mind. Every night, shed wander into her sons old room, touch his things, and weep…
Meanwhile, Emily was getting on with life. She seemed happy, popping by the nursery after work to pick up her son. Shed just been promoted, her new partner would make her dinner, and her little boy made her proud with his accomplishmentseven at such a young age. One day, Emily unexpectedly bumped into Margaretand was a bit shocked by how she looked. She seemed a shell of her former self, barely recognisable.
Oh, thats William Well, yes, William, Margaret whispered through her tears. Please forgive me. I ruined your familyand my own. Im the worst woman in the world Emily couldnt help but feel a pang of sympathy for her ex-mother-in-law. Now and again, shell let her little boy see his grandmotherfor all her faults, family matters in the end.
