Bringing up the kids as a common point of connection was enough to resonate with her.
"She's really gone too far. She's a lunatic. You should cut ties with her and never see her again."
The mother was furious.
"I want to. She knows where I live and always comes to visit my baby, but I know that's just her excuse. She's really trying to get close to my husband. My husband and I are deeply in love; he's never paid her any attention, but she keeps showing up. I saw her having a dispute with you today, so I thought I'd come up to clear up any misunderstandings between us. We're both parents, so I know you can't stand people like her just as much as I do."
The mother replied, "Exactly. It's so annoying. Just trying to take a walk with my child, and she's out looking for trouble. You look like someone who gets bullied easily by her. If she shows up again, just call me, and I'll go give her a beating."
It seemed she was going to hold onto her anger for a while.
As we talked, we united against Rachael.
It wasn't unwarranted to say Rachael was trying to seduce my husband.
In my past life, I was too stupid to see it.
My husband, Aaron Gideon, and I had been together since college, and we deeply loved each other.
Rachael always intruded on our dates under the guise of being my friend.
She often made suggestive comments to Aaron and jokingly pointed out my flaws that Aaron hadn't known about.
I naively thought she was just lonely and wanted to hang out with us.
Now that I thought about it, she was just a scheming, hypocritical bitch.
After talking with the mother, I went back home.
I spent the afternoon playing with my son.
When Aaron came back from work, I couldn't help but hug him and cry with grievances.
...
Aaron hugged me, smiling, and asked, "What's wrong? We've been married for a long time, and you miss me so much after just one day?"
I really did miss him. Thinking about how I foolishly let Rachael cause the deaths of our entire family in the past life made me feel even more aggrieved.
"You're a mother now. How can you still be crying like this?" Aaron asked.
He was always gentle and caring towards me.
My mother-in-law, holding my son, teased, "Mommy and Daddy truly love each other!"
...
My mother-in-law was also very kind, and we had never had a quarrel.
In my past life, I never imagined that my stable and happy life would trigger Rachael's jealousy.