My Husband's Wealthy Parents Toasted to My 'Humble Background,' Laughing That I Was Their Charity Case – But What My 80-Year-Old Grandfather Did Next Made Them Go Pale

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"There's a difference."

Grandpa said nothing.

Margot took his silence as encouragement.

"Let us call this what it is," she went on, her voice rising for the room. "You raised that girl like a lottery ticket. Waited until she was pretty enough, then aimed her straight at my son to claw your whole family out of stinking poverty."

I felt my face burn.

I pressed Hazel closer to my chest.

"A long con," Margot added, smiling now, warming to it. "And frankly, a well-executed one. I will give you that."

From his seat, Harrison snorted into his glass.

That was when Garry finally moved.

"Stop this."

Harrison blinked.

"Garry, darling, just because it hasn't happened yet—" Margot started.

"No." He looked at his mother. "You keep saying it like it is a fact. You made it up."

Margot's mouth tightened.

Grandpa gave that slow smile I knew meant he wasn't even close to finished.