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
“You would send debt collectors after your own mother-in-law?”
“Former mother-in-law.”
Her face hardened.
Then she walked out.
No police tackle.
No handcuffs.
No screaming pursuit.
Just a woman leaving behind a documented debt and nearly forty former lunch companions reconsidering what they knew about her.
PART 20 — THE POLICE REPORT
Because the circumstances involved a large unpaid banquet and disputed intent, Gavin called the non-emergency police line after the group dispersed.