“Just because I didn’t make a scene doesn’t mean I agreed,” I said.
My father-in-law nodded slowly.
My sister-in-law started picking up her bag.
—I have no intention of paying for all this.
“You don’t have to pay for everything,” I replied. “Only for what you asked for.”
One of Chris’s brothers checked his account again.
—But I ordered it thinking it was already taken care of.
-Exactly.
The word remained on the table.
This had been going on for months.
They placed the order thinking the matter was settled.
Not because someone told them so that night.
But because they found out that I covered the costs.
The first part of the lesson wasn’t about making them feel bad.
This consisted in taking away from them the comfort they wrongly believed to be right.
Some people started taking out their cards.
Otros revisaron sus teléfonos para calcular cuánto dinero tenían a su disposición.
