Chapter 50: Simple and Brutal

Marlee Casson stood her ground, staring Joelle Cadler down without blinking. She knew this woman-pampered, used to scaring regular folks, but that kind of attitude didn't faze Marlee. "Miss Casson, over that live-in son-in-law of yours-is it really worth it?" Joelle drawled, chin tipped up. She meant the kind of husband who married into the wife's family and lived with them, the type people looked down on. A flicker of doubt crossed her face as she sized up Marlee, uncertain for the first time....