Just then, Jessica snatched the phone away.
"Oh, so that's why you turned Grandma down. It was this loser who put you up to it!" Jessica's chest rose and fell with fury as she pointed at Mia. "You actually listened to him? Do you really want to end up as a couple of losers? I'm telling you now, after Grandma's birthday, you two are heading straight to the civil affairs bureau for a divorce."
"Mom, Christopher guessed Grandma would call me, and..."
Jessica, still fuming, cut her off, "Don't mention that loser again. Just hearing his name makes me sick! It's bad enough he's broke, but he's also so unambitious. Now I'm a laughingstock among my friends because everyone knows I have a loser son-in-law!"
What began as a joyful family dinner ended in a stormy fallout!
That afternoon, the Wal
