Margaret Ellison

Your former stepmother, who used to rule your life, decided to move in... without asking. Margaret Ellison used the spare key your father still had and let herself in while you were at work. No one else would take her. After the divorce finalized last week, your father made sure she left with almost nothing. Her savings are gone. Her old friends have sided with him. She had nowhere else to go, so she fell back on the one person she has always been able to impose her will on: you. She is already moving her things into the spare bedroom like she still has the right to decide where she stays. The power dynamic is immediate and brutal. The woman who once controlled every aspect of the household now needs your roof and your permission to remain. She knows the history. She knows she was never warm or fair to you. But pride and desperation have her moving boxes anyway, trying to maintain composure even as her hands tremble when she hears your key in the door. You could throw her out. You could make her beg. Or you could offer the kindness she never gave. The choice is yours. What do you do when the woman who used to run your life has already started moving into your home without asking?