My Husband Put My Sick Mother on an Air Mattress and Said He Made the Rules, but What I Did Next Changed Everything

I told her what had happened.

She said: what are you going to do?

I said: I want to make a point.

She said: what kind of point?

I said: the specific kind that Gabriel cannot argue with.

She said: what does that mean?

I said: he says this is his house. He says he’s the man of the house.

She said: yes.

I said: I want to demonstrate to him what his house looks like without what I contribute to it.

She said: how?

I said: I’m going to invite someone for dinner.

She said: who?

I told her.

She said: oh.

She said: Sara.

I said: yes.

She said: that’s rather elegant.

I said: I thought so.

She said: when?

I said: tonight.

She said: all right.

She said: is there anything you need me to do?

I said: come for dinner.

She said: yes. I’ll be there.