My MIL Gave Me a Necklace Made of Tiny Baby Bottles and Pacifiers Knowing I Couldn't Have Children – What My FIL Did Next Silenced the Room

"What are you doing?" Susan shouted.

"That cost me almost two hundred dollars!"

Matthew dropped the cut cord into the velvet box.

"Ending the joke."

"That cost me almost two hundred dollars!"

He stared at her.

"That's what you're worried about?"

"Dad, what is going on?"

Susan stopped.

No one moved.

Then Thomas said, "Dad, what is going on?"

Matthew looked at him.

His face had gone pale.

"Matthew, don't."

"I knew about it."

Thomas frowned.

"What?"

Susan said sharply, "Matthew, don't."

He turned to her.

"You saw this before tonight?"

"No."

Then he looked back at Thomas.

"She showed me the necklace on Tuesday."

My stomach dropped.

Thomas stared at him.

"She showed it to me loose. She was laughing when she did."

"You saw this before tonight?"

"Yes."

Matthew's voice was quiet.

"She showed it to me loose. She was laughing when she did."

Susan stood up.

"I told her it was cruel. I told her not to give it to Claire."

"Oh, please."

Matthew ignored her.

"I told her it was cruel. I told her not to give it to Claire."

Thomas looked from his father to his mother.

"And?"

She looked angry now.

Matthew swallowed.

"She agreed."

Nobody spoke.

I looked at Susan.

She looked angry now.

Angry that Matthew was telling us.

Not embarrassed.

Angry that Matthew was telling us.

He continued.

"I told her to return it. She said she would."

Thomas's voice changed.

"I believed her."

"So you knew this would happen?"

"No."

Matthew shook his head.

"I believed her. When I saw that box tonight, I was afraid she'd brought it anyway."

Susan crossed her arms.

"Yes, but then I thought about what he said."

"This is being blown completely out of proportion."

I finally found my voice.

"You promised him you wouldn't give it to me?"

She looked at me.

"Yes, but then I thought about what he said."

"It means everyone walks on eggshells around her."

"Thought about what?"

She exhaled hard.

"How ridiculous all of this has become."

Thomas stepped closer.

"What does that mean?"

"Nobody can mention babies."

"It means everyone walks on eggshells around her."

She pointed at me.

"Nobody can mention babies. Nobody can joke without checking her face."

My sister said, "She's grieving."

Susan snapped, "I know that."

"That's exactly why I did it."

"Do you?"

"Yes."

Her voice rose.

"That's exactly why I did it."