My Husband Is a Brother-in-Law Supporter

I looked sympathetically at Kaylee, saying, "Kaylee, if worse comes to worst, just let Reese hide from them for a while. If the loan sharks can't find him, maybe they'll just let him go. Then Reese can get a job somewhere, start earning, and gradually pay it back. It might not be easy, but it's doable."

I thought this was the best solution. Reese was still young, and he was skilled at welding. I had heard he could make over 10 thousand dollars a month. With that kind of income, he could pay off the debt in seven or eight years.

But as soon as Kaylee heard this, she blew up, pointing her finger at me and yelling.

"Violet Benson, you're so heartless! You want my son to go into hiding? Living on the run? Is that even a life?"

Lizeth immediately stood up. "Lizeth, you make it sound easy. Paying it off slowly? That's loan shark debt! The interest compounds fast. If he doesn't pay it back right away, in a few years, it'll be millions of dollars! And my brother's never left home and never had to rough it. How can we let him go off to some strange place? We'd never be at ease!"

The way they were both yelling at me, you'd think I was the one who had gambled and gotten into debt, not Reese.

I threw up my hands. "Well then, what's your solution?"

It was like they'd been waiting for me to ask. Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up and they all stared at me like a pack of wolves.

I turned to my husband, and he was giving me the same look.

My heart sank.

In truth, it wasn't just Kaylee who had changed after I married into the family. My husband had too, but I'd been too easygoing to sweat the small stuff.

Kaylee immediately softened her tone, walking over with a smile and patting my shoulder. "Violet, you've got that house, don't you? It's worth a little over a million dollars. If you sell it, it'll be just enough to pay off the debt. We're family, and when there's trouble, we'll help each other, right?"

She said it all in one breath as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

I refused immediately.

"That house is the only thing my parents left me, and I'm not selling it. Besides, where would Cedric and I live if I sold it? I'm pregnant, and the baby's due in just a few months! You can't expect us to rent, can you?"

Cedric's parents hadn't even bothered to help us with a house when we got married. I married Cedric because he was honest and faithful, not the kind to fool around, so I didn't mind the lack of a house.

We'd been living in my parent's house ever since.

However, who could've known that not only would my in-laws be so ungrateful, but they would now want to use my family's house to patch up the mess Reese had made?

How shameless!