I am trying to get some laundry done and my mother-in-law (not my in real life future m-i-l nor my past one but some imaginary one) is dictating what I should do, saying that I need to get specific housework done. There is also a young girl, perhaps eight or nine, helping as well. She is very quiet, wise beyond her years type. I want to get the laundry done but m-i-l suggests that we need to get some fresh air into the room. She asks if the door will open and I say no, that it is locked and there is furniture in front of it which is blocking the doorway. She insists on moving the dresser that is in front of the door and opens the door a little. I close it and say that I don't want the door open. She then opens the window very wide and I demand that it be closed to only be open a couple of inches but I don't explain that having the window that wide open will make me cold. My m-i-l is obviously frustrated with me, looking at me with disapproval. I am frustrated as well and decide to leave the room. I go into the living room where I see the little girl looking at the dvds. There is a large gap in the collection and I realize that most of the children's dvds--Disney, animated movies, etc.--have been removed. But I know where they are and I go to a closet where I find a white box. I pull the box out and bring it to the shelf with the dvds and unpack them so that the girl will have more choices. My m-i-l comes in and asks me what I am doing. By this point I am furious with her and I explain that I am unpacking the dvds I had packed. Then I tell her bluntly that I had been packing to leave her husband. I say it in a tone meant to hurt, to cut through to her heart. We stand there in a sort of face off, saying nothing, both of us hating the other one. I start taking out books, very small ones, and putting them on the shelf. I realize that this is an old cloth bound collection of Shakespeare's writings and begin looking for King John, which I am currently reading. I have to squeeze in the books because there isn't much room left after putting the dvds on the shelves.