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

I pointed at the pieces scattered across the table.

"You're tired of feeling uncomfortable around my infertility. So you decided I should make it easier for you."

Susan looked away.

For the first time, Susan looked less powerful than cornered by her own choices.

Nobody interrupted.

Thomas picked up the velvet box.

For once, Susan didn't have a joke ready.

Thomas picked up the velvet box.

"Leave."

"Thomas."

"Now."

"You are not seriously taking their side."

Matthew stood.

"Go wait in the car. I'll take you home."

Susan looked at him.

"You are not seriously taking their side."

Matthew's expression didn't change.

"No. There is what you did, and there are the people you hurt."

"There shouldn't be sides here."

"There clearly are."

"No. There is what you did, and there are the people you hurt."

She grabbed her purse.

At the door, she turned toward me.

For a moment, none of us knew what to do.