And he knew it.

After my father died, Mom spent years cleaning offices, sewing clothes for neighbors, and skipping meals so I could finish college. Even now, at sixty-three, she lived alone in a tiny apartment with peeling wallpaper and a heater that barely worked in winter.

But she never begged.

Never complained.

Never asked anyone for anything.

One evening, after visiting her apartment and seeing how empty her refrigerator was, I gathered enough courage to bring it up.

“We should help Mom a little,” I said carefully while folding laundry. “Just until things get easier.”

My husband barely looked up from his laptop.

“She’s an adult.”

I swallowed. “I know, but—”

“She survived this long, didn’t she?”

His voice sharpened.

“Every cent you give her takes from our kids.”

The words hit me harder than I expected.

Not because of the money.

Because of how easily he dismissed her entire life.

I wanted to argue. I wanted to remind him that my mother had worked herself sick to raise me alone. That she had sacrificed more than anyone I knew.

But I depended on him financially.

The house was in his name.

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