I looked sympathetically at Kaylee, saying, "Kaylee, if worse comes to worst, just let Reese hide from them for a while. If the loan sharks can't find him, maybe they'll just let him go. Then Reese can get a job somewhere, start earning, and gradually pay it back. It might not be easy, but it's doable."

I thought this was the best solution. Reese was still young, and he was skilled at welding. I had heard he could make over 10 thousand dollars a month. With that kind of income, he could pay off the debt in seven or eight years.

But as soon as Kaylee heard this, she blew up, pointing her finger at me and yelling.

"Violet Benson, you're so heartless! You want my son to go into hiding? Living on the run? Is that even a life?"

Lizeth immediately stood up. "Lizeth, you make it sound easy. Paying it off slowly? That's loan shark debt! The interest compounds fast. If he doesn't pay it back right away, in a few years, it'll be millions of dollars! And my brother's never left home and never had to rough it. How can we let him go off to some strange place? We'd never be at ease!"

The way they were both yelling at me, you'd think I was the one who had gambled and gotten into debt, not Reese.

I threw up my hands. "Well then, what's your solution?"

It was like they'd been waiting for me to ask. Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up and they all stared at me like a pack of wolves.

I turned to my husband, and he was giving me the same look.

My heart sank.

In truth, it wasn't just Kaylee who had changed after I married into the family. My husband had too, but I'd been too easygoing to sweat the small stuff.

Kaylee immediately softened her tone, walking over with a smile and patting my shoulder. "Violet, you've got that house, don't you? It's worth a little over a million dollars. If you sell it, it'll be just enough to pay off the debt. We're family, and when there's trouble, we'll help each other, right?"

She said it all in one breath as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

I refused immediately.

"That house is the only thing my parents left me, and I'm not selling it. Besides, where would Cedric and I live if I sold it? I'm pregnant, and the baby's due in just a few months! You can't expect us to rent, can you?"

Cedric's parents hadn't even bothered to help us with a house when we got married. I married Cedric because he was honest and faithful, not the kind to fool around, so I didn't mind the lack of a house.

We'd been living in my parent's house ever since.

However, who could've known that not only would my in-laws be so ungrateful, but they would now want to use my family's house to patch up the mess Reese had made?

How shameless!

"Without the house, you can always earn money to buy another one later. But if Reese gets killed by the loan sharks, this family will fall apart!" Kaylee glared at me like I was her worst enemy.

Lizeth sneered, "You're the only child to your parents. You wouldn't understand the bond between siblings. What's a house compared to my brother's life? If you don't save him, I'll never forgive you!"

Both Kaylee and Lizeth were yelling at me with harsh words.

I was beyond shocked. So this was their true nature all along.

I was such a fool to marry into such a despicable family.

My husband stood silently to the side, acting like none of this concerned him.

I turned to him, asking, "What about you? What do you think?"

I was already completely disillusioned with my in-laws, but that didn't matter. After all, Cedric was the one I married.

As long as my husband was a real man who could stand up for his family and protect me and our baby, I could deal with the rest.

To my surprise...

Cedric glanced at me, bit his lip, and made up his mind. "Before I went to pick you up from work, I already discussed it with the family. We all agreed to sell your house and help my brother."

Damn it, Cedric had secretly been sending his worthless brother a few hundred dollars here and there as pocket money, and I had turned a blind eye to it.

I thought it was just brotherly affection.

Who would have guessed that he would be one of those people who kept enabling their siblings?

His salary wasn't enough to support his brother, so now he wanted to sell my house.

I completely misjudged Cedric. On the surface, he seemed honest, but he was actually a wolf in disguise that devoured without leaving a trace.

No wonder he had been so quiet earlier, letting his mother and sister pressure me.

Seeing my face getting gloomier, Cedric said humbly.

"I know when you married me, I didn't have a house or a car. It hasn't been easy for you. But Reese is my brother, and I can't just watch him be pushed to death by loan sharks.

"As long as we work together, we can buy another house after we make some money. And if you sell the house to help my brother, my family will be grateful to you. We'll treat you like one of our own from now on."

Today, they showed me the depths of their shamelessness.

So, after I married him and carried his child, he still never saw me as family.

Kaylee, full of concern for her son, came over and gently stroked his face.

"Why are you begging her? She's pregnant and her parents are dead. She has no backup. Her house is your house. If she won't sell the house, you can teach her a good lesson."

As she spoke, Kaylee shot me a vicious glare.

Lizeth added fuel to the fire. "When we agreed to let you marry her, it was because she was easy to control, with no parents and no one to back her up. You're a man. What are you afraid of? She's just a weak and pregnant woman!"