I took a deep breath, although my heart was beating like crazy. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/091726/620x0/1/0/2025/02/08/gmuzuont2pffo3k3k3f8udkciiknbpkq9mq9mnojwp.jpg" alt = "woman and man @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (68.75.61.1)" > < p > I looked at the folder with documents and the banknote & oacute; in which & oacute; re lay in front of me on the table. The mother -in -law was sitting opposite, elegantly dressed, with her cool smile on her face.

< p > — Let's not beat around the bush — She said calmly, tapping her nails on the countertop. & Amp; MDASH; You know that I have never accepted you. But now it's time to end.

< p > I took a deep breath, although my heart was beating like crazy.

< p > — What Mrs. Ms M & Amp; Oacute; Wi ?

< p > — That this marriage was a mistake from the very beginning — She sighed theatrically. & Amp; MDASH; You are an ordinary girl. Ordinary. M & oacute; j son deserves someone more.

< p > I squeezed my fingers on the back of the chair.

< p > — So I want to buy me ?

< P >& Amp; MDASH; Not & buy & rdquo; & Amp; MDASH; She snorted. & Amp; MDASH; This is an honest proposition. Here you have all divorce documents. You sign and go. And this & Hellip; & Amp; MDASH; The banknote & W & AMP; MDASH; it's for a new start.

< p > I looked at the money, feeling my stomach.

< p > — And if the refuse ?

< p > mother -in -law narrowed her eyes.

< p > — Oh, honey & Hellip; Sooner or p & oacute; you will break down anyway. You don't fit him, he gets tired. I just want to speed up what is inevitable.

< p > I wanted to get up and leave, but something stopped me.

< p > — And who is this & ampquo; perfect & rdquo; wife ?

< p > her face beaming.

< p > — Marta. C & oacute; my friends & oacute; Beautiful, educated, from a good family. He has already met her. Fit together perfectly.

< p > suddenly everything made sense. Her husband's cool eyes, more and more distance, p & oacute; Żejne home.

< p > have already made a decision for me.

< p > I looked at her for a while, and then I got up.

< p > — Maybe I don't fit your world. Maybe I'm not & ampquo; perfect & rdquo;. But I will not sell my marriage.

< p > I grabbed divorce documents and tossed them into the air. The cards fell apart.

< p > mother -in -law looked at me in disbelief.

< p > — You make a mistake.

< p > — Maybe. But at least it will be M & Amp; OCute; j Error, not Mrs.

< p > I left, leaving her alone in this sterile, ideal world, which & oacute; ry built for her son.

< p > but I wasn't part of it. I have never been. < br />< br />< /p >

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116