I never had a good relationship with my mother, but one day, just to be kind, I dropped her off a belated Mother’s Day gift. From what I heard behind the door, I assumed she was watching a raunchy movie in her bedroom, and I opened it without knocking. Lo and behold, she was having sex with my older sister’s then-boyfriend.

I left and threw her gift in the trash. I never told my sister and I haven’t spoken to my mother since. I ignored her calls just to keep her on edge. She never thanked me for the gift that I know she saw in the trash.