On the first day, my mother-in-law smiled and humiliated me: “In this house you will eat the leftovers”; I didn’t raise my voice, I just obeyed every word until she had to cook alone for the whole family, and then everyone understood that the black notebook hid something much darker.

I will follow them to the letter starting tomorrow morning.”

She blinked in complete surprise at my quick response. Colin looked at me with wide eyes as if he did not understand my strategy at all.

The next morning I went downstairs at six o’clock sharp, completely ready for the office, wearing a sharp navy blue suit, professional heels, and my hair continue reading …