Since then, I’ve become the family scapegoat. My mother-in-law’s been telling everyone that I’m hoarding money while the rest of the family suffers. Some relatives have stopped speaking to me altogether.
Now I find myself wondering: what’s next? Could they take legal action? Will they keep pushing, or keep using my kids to guilt me?
Will this ever stop? All I want is to protect what my husband left behind for our children. But sometimes I wonder—does that make me the bad guy?
—Ella
