In Front of an Empty Stall, I Found My Parents Sleeping on Cardboard. Shocked, I Asked, “Where Is the House I Bought for You?” My Mother Burst Into Tears and Said, “Your Husband and His Family Kicked Us Out.”
I dropped to my knees beside them. “What is this? Why are you here?” I looked at the cardboard, the bag, the small pile of medicine bottles near my father’s knee. “Where is the house I bought for you?”
My mother’s face crumpled. Tears fell before she could answer.
“Your husband and his family kicked us out,” she said.