The Five-Million Dollar Scapegoat
Language: en
After getting laid off, I excitedly texted my mom that I was coming home for a while. But on the flight back to my hometown, I scrolled past a trending thread on Reddit: "AITA for locking out a distant relative who got fired and wants to mooch off my family?" The top comments were brutal: "1. Demand her severance pay as rent. 2. Change the locks to show her who's boss. 3. Mock her until she leaves on her own." I smirked, thankful that my parents would never treat me like that. Besides, I bought the house they lived in. No one could kick me out. But a second later, a text from my mom…