The Master of the House

The sharp, disrespectful words hung suspended in the dusty air, hitting Gareth and Edith like a physical blow. A dark, mottled flush crept up Gareth's thick neck, spreading rapidly to Edith's wrinkled cheeks. The matriarch of the family was not used to anyone breathing a single word of defiance in her direction, let alone speaking to her with such blatant, unapologetic contempt.

"You ungrateful