My Mother-in-Law Banned Me From Christmas, But Wanted My House for Her Retirement.

My Mother-in-Law Banned Me From Christmas, But Wanted My House for Her Retirement.

I'm Emily Mitchell, and six months ago, I was living what seemed like a perfect life. Mike and I had built our dream home in Seattle, both had successful careers - him as an architect, me as a pediatric nurse - and we'd finally started trying for a baby after years of focusing on our careers. Then one ordinary Tuesday morning, Mike didn't wake up.
The first few weeks after his death passed in a blur of funeral arrangements, paperwork, and sleepless nights. Mike's mother, Diana, took charge of everything. She'd always been a force of nature - the kind of woman who commanded attention the moment she walked into a room. As the matriarch of the wealthy Thompson family, she was used to controlling every situation, and Mike's funeral was no exception.
"The roses should be white, not pink," she'd snapped at the florist. "My son deserves perfection." I was too numb to argue, too lost in my own grief to care about flower colors or seating arrangements. Looking back, I should have seen the signs then - how she subtly pushed me to the background, making decisions without consulting me, treating me more like a guest than a widow.
The Thompson family had always been different from my
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