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The “Lol” wasn’t because I was happy to see them. It was because they had impeccable timing.<\/p>\nThe “Lol” wasn’t because I was happy to see them. It was because they had impeccable timing.<\/p>\n
I walked into the living room, and there they were: my mother-in-law, Brenda, her sister, and Brenda\u2019s grown son, sitting on my white linen sofa with greasy pizza boxes spread out on the coffee table.<\/p>\n
“There she is!” Brenda chirped, not even standing up. “Caleb said you wouldn’t mind. We lost the lease on the condo, so we\u2019re moving in for a few months. Or a year. We\u2019ll see how it goes. And just so we\u2019re clear, Jenna, I don’t do ‘maid work,’ so you\u2019ll need to handle the laundry.”<\/p>\n
I looked at Caleb, my husband, who was standing in the corner looking at his feet. “You okay with this, Caleb?”<\/p>\n
“They\u2019re family, Jen,” he muttered. “What was I supposed to say?”<\/p>\n
“I understand,” I said with a wide, bright smile. “Make yourselves at home! I\u2019m going to go upstairs and get started on that laundry.”<\/p>\n
For the next three days, I was the perfect hostess. I cooked, I cleaned up after them, and I didn’t say a word when Brenda complained that the guest room was “too drafty.” I even helped them move the rest of their bins into the garage.<\/p>\n
On the fourth morning, I woke up early, kissed Caleb goodbye, and told him I had a long day at the office.<\/p>\n
At 10:30 a.m., Brenda called my cell, screaming so loud I had to hold the phone away from my ear. “JENNA! Why are there men in the driveway? They\u2019re putting a lock on the garage and they told us we have thirty minutes to vacate the premises!”<\/p>\n
“Oh, right!” I said, sounding surprised. “I forgot to mention. I sold the house three months ago. Today is the closing date.”<\/p>\n
“What?! Caleb didn’t say anything about a sale!”<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s because the house was in my name only, Brenda. Gift from my grandmother, remember? Caleb knew I was looking, but he didn’t think I\u2019d actually pull the trigger. But when you guys moved in without asking, I decided to move the closing date up.”<\/p>\n
“You can’t do this! We have nowhere to go!”<\/p>\n
“Actually, you do,” I replied. “I used a tiny bit of the profit to rent you a lovely storage unit for your ‘mini airport terminal’ of suitcases. The address is in the mailbox. As for Caleb… well, he\u2019s currently at his new apartment. It\u2019s a studio. Only enough room for one person. He\u2019ll have to decide if he\u2019s a husband or a permanent roommate for his mother.”<\/p>\n
I hung up, blocked their numbers, and took a sip of my coffee. I wasn’t going back to that house. My own bags were already at a boutique hotel downtown, and my new place\u2014the one Caleb didn’t have a key to\u2014was ready and waiting.<\/p>\n
They wanted to live rent-free? They could try it at the storage facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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