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I let out a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the bed.My heart was still pounding uncontrollably.I never thought I could be so brave.If the scissors had been a little more accurate just now,I might have had to pay with my life.
I looked at my phone.It was almost four o'clock.I was doomed to be sleepless that night.I stayed with the two children until dawn and then packed up the things we needed and went to stay at a friend's house.
Everything had to wait until my husband came back.I wasn't afraid of anything happening to myself.What I was afraid of was that something unexpected might happen to the two children if they stayed at home.
I stayed at my friend's house for a day before my husband came back from the hospital and picked up our family of three and took us home.
Before that,I didn't dare to tell my husband,for fear that he would be under too much pressure and worry about us.After we got home,I told my husband what had happened that night.
My husband sat on the sofa with red eyes and kept hugging me,saying sorry.
I didn't blame him.
He was also a poor guy to have such a mother.
I patted his back and comforted him gently for a while,and then my mother-in-law and Jack came back.
My mother-in-law was wearing a huge diamond ring on her hand,and Jack was dressed up beautifully.Just by looking at the brand-name clothes on him,I knew that all the money must have come from my mother-in-law.
As soon as my mother-in-law saw me and my husband,she sneered,"Oh,you're back?I thought you wouldn't come back anymore.I was just planning to redecorate your room and make it into a study for Jack."
My husband stared straight at my mother-in-law,and the veins on his clenched fists were already bulging with anger,"Mom,do you really know what he was up to when he pried open Lisa's room lock?Don't you know his true intentions?"
My mother-in-law immediately frowned and spread her hands,"What intentions could he have?Jack has already explained it to me.He heard some noises coming from your room and was worried that there might be a thief,so he went to check it out."
"And that lock was already broken.It's your wife who has a bad heart and wrongly accused Jack.You ungrateful wretches!"
I couldn't believe that my mother-in-law actually believed such a flimsy excuse from Jack.
My husband gave a bitter laugh.He knew that his mother had been completely bewitched by Jack,and there was no point in saying anything more.
