My Mother Locked My Six-Year-Old Away Without Christmas Dinner—Then Reported Me for Starving My Own Child
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Chapter 15 / 27
Chapter 15 - The Christmas table costs me money
Vivian demanded payment for:
Broken serving platters.
Two crystal glasses.
A damaged dining table edge.
The sitting-room door.
Total claim:
$8,900.
Inflated.
I offered:
Actual repair and replacement cost supported by receipts.
Independent estimate:
$3,740.
Why pay anything?
Because I broke property.
The door?
I kicked it open to reach my locked child.
My lawyer disputed liability based on emergency circumstances.
Vivian eventually dropped the door claim.
I paid:
$2,980
for damaged tableware and repair.
Did it annoy me?
Deeply.
May you like
Still paid.
Fury does not create an unlimited destruction allowance.
Related Stories
Chapter 16 - Vivian is investigated for the false report
Chapter 17 - Vivian tries the inheritance threat
Chapter 18 - Vivian sells jewelry instead of the house
Chapter 19 - Caroline loses access to Lucy too
Chapter 20 - The false-report case resolves
Chapter 21 - Vivian’s lawyer asks about reconciliation
