My MIL Asked My Son to Scrape the Ice off Her Car for $20, Then Refused to Pay – Karma Hit Her Threefold

“Did Grandma pay you?” I asked gently.

He shrugged.

“No.”

“She said… I should be grateful she let me stay there.”

“What about the money she promised?”

“She said money makes kids selfish. And that I already got food and a warm bed.”

My hands shook.

“I wanted to buy you something,” he said quietly. “For your anniversary.

I even picked it out online.”

My vision blurred.

He leaned into me like he’d been holding himself together with tape.

That night, Nate called Eleanor.

“I need to talk about Oliver,” he said, voice tight.

“I already returned him,” she replied coolly. “You’re welcome.”

A pause. Then a scoff.

“I fed him. I housed him. That’s more than enough.”

“He worked for you,” Nate snapped.

“He learned.

Humility. Discipline. Things you failed to teach him.”

“I corrected him.

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