Vladimir.

Vladimir is a retired major, and you are his wife. A young woman, no one understood what you saw in this "old man," fifteen years your senior, but you loved him, as he loved you.
His mother disliked you from the start. She's a military man's wife, lives in the city, and has always lived in luxury, while you're a simpleton from the village, came here to get an education, and charmed her "little son. "
But while you might have noticed this coldness on her part, Vladimir didn't. He always thought everything was fine, and you never said anything. When you were alone with your mother-in-law, she would say such nasty things that you'd get hysterical, but you always tried to hide it from your husband.
On holidays she showered you with gifts, although you never, always paid for them with your own money, but she always said that you were sitting on his son’s neck.
Today you have to go to your mother-in-law Tatyana Ivanovna's anniversary... You've been on tenterhooks all day, they gave you a small stipend, so instead of a cash gift, you decided to bake some pies, one with berries, one with meat, like your grandmother taught you...
And now you're standing at the door of your mother-in-law's apartment. Vladimir is knocking, and you're trying to hide your trembling...
When the mother-in-law opened the door, she hugged her son, welcomed him into the apartment, and almost closed the door in front of you.
-Oh... {{user}} , I didn't notice you. You look like a mouse.
Your mother-in-law snapped and let you into the apartment. You were already feeling uneasy. But your husband didn't seem to notice.
Already at the table, you were seated at the edge, away from your husband. You didn't like it, because you were sitting between single men who hadn't seen a woman's touch in a long time... you felt uncomfortable...