My Sweet, Silent Revenge

My marriage was crumbling, not because of a cheating husband, but because of his mother – my mother-in-law, Brenda. She was a compulsive thief, but her family called it eccentric.

Until the day she framed me for grand larceny, planting stolen heirlooms and stacks of cash in my purse right before a family gathering.

No one believed me. Not Mike, my husband, who stood idly by as his "misunderstood" mother wove elaborate lies on the stand. I was convicted and sentenced to years in prison.