Chapter 13 - THE HUSBAND TAKES A STAND
David stepped forward from the living room, breaking the stunned silence. “Mom, Elena is right,” he said firmly, his voice leaving no room for argument. “You’ve been disrespecting her space and leaving messes for years under the excuse that she’s the woman of the house. It stops tonight. Either you clean up your own messes, or you don't step foot in this house again.” Hearing her son publicly dismantle her lifetime of entitlement broke her defensive armor completely.
