[There are lots of completed short stories in my collection]
Her husband had been bedridden for a year before he passed away.
Her mother-in-law turned her grief over losing her son into a knife, cursing her every day as a jinx who had killed her husband.
The one who stood up for her was her brother-in-law, whom she had barely met,
scowling as he repeatedly stood up to his mother for her sake.
"Little brother, you've been so good to your sister-in-law. I have no way to repay you."
Her brother-in-law lowered his eyes. "You can, actually."
Theme: To love someone is to protect them and keep them safe.
