My Husband Put My Sick Mother on an Air Mattress and Said He Made the Rules, but What I Did Next Changed Everything

I brought her to the guest room.

Gabriel and Danny were still there.

I said: Danny, thank you for visiting. You need to go now.

Danny looked at Gabriel.

Gabriel started to say something.

I said: Danny. Please leave.

Danny stood up.

He said: good to see you, Sara.

He left.

Gabriel said: Sara.

I said: get out of this room.

He said: this is my house.

I said: Gabriel, I want you to get out of this room right now.

He looked at my face.

He left.

I helped my mother into the bed.

I got her the medications she had not taken.

I made her ginger tea.

I sat with her while she drank it.

She said: I shouldn’t have let him.

I said: Mom. You have cancer. You’re on chemotherapy. It is not your job to manage Gabriel’s behavior toward you.