When Hannah’s sister-in-law forces her to pay her grocery bill, she has no choice but to do it. But it doesn’t stop there. Hannah decides to teach the manipulative Melissa a lesson, spoiling her birthday and causing her to reflect on her life.

I love my sister-in-law, but she’s a lot of work.

She’s high-maintenance and sometimes it’s difficult to engage with her. But for the sake of my brother, Brandon, I try my hardest to make things work with her.

Melissa has always been a leech. She’s been married to my brother for about ten years now, and he is blind to her manipulative ways.

You see, Melissa has a knack for getting anything for nothing and expects the entire world to cater to her whims.

Last month, Melissa invited me to go grocery shopping at this fancy, overpriced store she loves.

“Oh, come on, Hannah,” she said. “It will be fun for us to spend some time together.”

It was right before her birthday, so I thought it might be good to spend some time together, and maybe even pick out a nice gift.

Little did I know we were walking into a trap.

“Your shoes are definitely not made for spending hours to walk around and shop,” Melissa said when she got out of her car at the parking lot.

“I’ll be fine,” I laughed.

We spent a few hours wandering through the aisles, and Melissa kept throwing things into the cart, chatting away like it was no big deal.

“Do you really need an entire collection of these candles?” I asked Mel as she picked up about six different candles and put them into the cart.

“Yes!” she replied, looking at boxes of collections and other imported items.

When we got to the checkout counter, the total came to a whopping $1,470!

My jaw hit the floor, but if Melissa was happy with spending that amount of money, then it truly wasn’t up to me.

Except when Melissa turned to me.

“Oh no!” she exclaimed. “Hannah, I think I left my wallet at home!

Can you cover this? I’ll pay you as soon as we get back home.”

“Sure, but this is a ridiculous amount, are you sure you need everything?” I asked.

I was financially well-off and I could afford to pay the bill, but I didn’t know if I needed to do it. Melissa had bought random things that nobody would really need.

“Yes, Hannah,” she replied.

“This is all stuff I need for my birthday. I’m planning that.”

I reluctantly agreed, not wanting to cause a scene.