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She Found Reasons to Go Upstairs
After that, I started paying attention. Kathryn had always been intrusive, but over the following weeks, her intrusions changed. She found a reason to go upstairs every single visit. If I left the kitchen, she drifted. If Austin got distracted, she disappeared down the hallway. The bathroom drawer would sit slightly crooked afterward. My jewelry box lid would end up misaligned. The closet door would be open when I knew, for certain, I’d shut it.Shop Kitchenware
And every single time, my underwear drawer looked wrong.
Then Kathryn made a mistake. We were eating dinner when she looked at me over her tea and said, “You do spend a lot on underthings.”
My fork stopped halfway to my mouth. Even Austin frowned. “What does that mean?”
She shrugged. “Nothing. I just think some women waste money on things nobody sees.”
I had never once discussed my undergarments with Kathryn. She only had one way of knowing what I owned.
“Your Mother Has Every Right”
That night I told Austin. “My underwear drawer keeps getting rearranged after she visits.”
He was on the couch with his phone, half listening before I’d even finished the sentence. “No, she isn’t.”
“Yes, she is.”
“Why would she care?”
