She strutted in, a sneer on her face. "You've now grown the balls, haven't you?"

"A good day to you too, Rose," I bit out, mirroring her tone as I sat back in the chair.

Rose was my mother-in-law. It was actually laughable how all the people I considered family acted far from it. It was safe to say my mother-in-law hated my guts. Or maybe it was my family's guts she hated, just because the status of my family in elite society was far below theirs. It was a slap in the face for people below their status to marry into their family or meddle in their affairs. And...