Laura was about 40 years old and she had a son. Her husband had died many years ago and they two lived. They were well off too. Soon her son married a girl, Emma. But she hated her daughter in law. She was furious when Adam married that girl.
She could not tolerate the girl with her son because she was good of nothing. She could not keep the house clean or manage anything. Laura had to look after at everything. In her view, Emma definitely was not worthy of her son.
They three were living in the same house and Laura was just irritated when she saw her son and daughter in law. She was not even happy when Emma got pregnant because she knew that she would not be able to raise the child well.
But she didn't say anything to ruin the couple's happiness. She endured and try to put up with that imperfection. And soon she became granny and it seemed Emma was burdening her with the baby.
One day, Laura went out to see her friends. It had not been an hour and she got a phone call. It was from her daughter in law. She asked Laura if she could watch the baby she did the shopping. Laura replied that she managed all by herself at her age and refused to watch the baby.
One day Emma was cooking and Laura went to her. She found an imperfection there and said that she had felt sorry for her son because he had such a lousy wife. Emma didn't say anything. But seeing her face it was obvious that she was upset.
In the dining table Laura, Adam and Emma was sitting. The first two were eating but Emma was busy to pacify her crying baby. And so she could not eat. But Laura didn't cared this and said that she could not handle the baby. Adam took Emma's part and asked her mom to stop it.
The next day she was mad at her son because he was protective of that chick and stopped her visiting them. She got so angry that she not only changed the apartment but also the city. She moved in another city to stay far from his son's family as he wanted. She thought to let them handle it all by themselves.
But after this happiness vanished from his son's family. Emma noticed that Adam spent too less time at home. It continued and one night when he returned, she asked him why he spend so little time the baby and her. She added that she could not handle it all by herself. But Adam said that she had to do it as she was a woman. The conversation was not continued anymore.
It had passed a year Laura was in her new home. And unexpectedly she got a phone call in the middle of the night. It was Emma. She begged Laura to go back. She said something about Adam but Laura could hardly understand them because of her crying. She also heard Emma saying she didn't know what to do.
Laura was so tensed and could not sleep rest of the night. She came to her son's at the first train. She entered into the room and saw Emma crying. She asked her what had happened. Emma replied that they had an argument and he....
She could not complete the sentence. She asked Laura to go and see instead. She entered the other room and saw her son sleeping. But she saw something that should not be. She saw lots of lipstick kisses on his body.
And she understood everything. Emma cried out that he had cheated on her. Laura felt sympathy for the girl for the first time. She forbade her to cry and assured her that they would do something about it. She also told her that she would talk to him when he woke up.
And when he woke up, Laura asked him if he had cheated. Adam boldly said that, "Yes, I cheated, so what?" Laura was getting angry and he said that he could do it because he was a man. Emma also get back her courage. She told that she was filing for divorce. Adam said to her, "Don't you dare, otherwise...."
He could not complete it because his mom spoke out. She ordered him to be quiet. Then asked how he could do that. Laura and Emma could understand that there was no future of that marriage.
Emma cried so hard and Laura sat by her to console. Only at that moment she did realize that she was very unfair to her daughter in law and what kind of man she had raised.
The divorce didn't take more than few months. They to separated and Emma got the custody. Laura also made her will to give all of her properties to her grand daughter. She visited her grand daughter and ex daughter in law every week.
One day Laura and Emma was having tea in Emma's house. That time Laura asked Emma to forgive her for being a bad mother in law. She said that she had raised a bad person but now she would like to be a good friend to Emma and a good grandmother for the baby. Emma smiled and hugged her.
It's okay to admit your mistakes late. What's not okay is never to admit them.
