I’m Harumi. Over the New Year holidays, I went back to my in-laws’ house with my family. But my niece Rikka was being mean again, and my sister-in-law Aya—who never scolds her—blamed me instead, saying I needed to discipline Hina. That was the last straw… and I snapped.
No matter how right I am, this is my in-laws’ house—and I’m the outsider. Of course they’d all take Aya and Rikka’s side. So I decided to take my kids and go home.
Still, it’s shocking that not even Ryo-ya or his parents saw how wrong Aya was. And just to rub it in, Rikka gave me this smug little grin… She’s only five, but that kind of cruelty? It made me feel less angry—and more sorry for what kind of person she might grow up to be.