My Sister-in-Law Flooded Our Kitchen Out of Spite – So My Husband and I Gave Her a Wake-up Call She’ll Never Forget
I let my sister-in-law, Tessa, stay with us when I was eight months pregnant. She promised “just a week,” but two months later, she’d trashed the house, eaten our groceries, blasted TV at all hours, and drained Mark’s DoorDash account.
After we returned from the hospital with our newborn, we found two inches of water flooding the kitchen. Tessa denied it, mocking us—but the nanny cam caught her blocking the sink, turning on the faucet, and smirking as she left.
We invited her to dinner, pretending to forgive her, then handed her a box: screenshots from the footage and an invoice for $6,742 in damages. Her face went white. Mark told her a locksmith was on the way. She stormed out, and we changed the locks.
Insurance covered most repairs, and when her old landlord asked for a reference, I sent proof. She was denied the apartment.
No guilt. No drama. Sometimes people hand you their own eviction notice—you just have to accept it.
