"If I'm wrong, then why did you pretend? You said you're husband's working abroad yet you're actually a widow! You're a liar!"

Anger slowly rose in me. I balled my fists as I accepted everything she said for the sake of not causing any more scene. But what she said next pushed me to my limit.

"Because the truth is that you want to flirt with my husband! You're a bitch, a sl*t!"

I was about to talk back when Mom stepped in.

"Don't you talk like that to my daughter! I didn't raise her just to be disrespected by you! You are nothing compared to her! She's well educated...