I Upset the Mother-in-Law Last Night On The Phone

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I didn't mean to. But I needed her to let us take charge of the situation. I didn't say, "Don't you remember?" because obviously she can't. She has a situation where she broke her lease at her old apartment early and they're charging her an early-termination fee. I'm working on getting them to waive that given the circumstances. But she involved her boss/family friend yesterday. And she's getting very upset about the situation because the old apartment has texted her twice with a form letter telling her she owes the money by a certain date, if not paid they may pursue legal action, etc. She's taking it highly personally. So I said, "MIL, we had this conversation that I was going to take care of it for you and I've asked you to not involve a lot of different people but to run everything through hubby" She flew off the handle. "I can't remember!!! I've got a lot on my mind!!!" I didn't mean to upset her and I told her that I wasn't trying to fuss at her but I needed her to understand that we were helping her. This situation is not fun.