My Mother-in-Law Brought 38 Friends to My Restaurant and Ordered $23,289 of Food—She Stopped Smiling When I Put the Folder Beside Her Bill
Terrified saying no to Beatrice would make me selfish.
Terrified asking Lucas about money would make me suspicious.
So much fear disguised as patience.
If I could talk to that woman, I would not tell her to humiliate Beatrice sooner.
I would tell her:
Charge her for dinner the first time.
Not angrily.
Not dramatically.