• Chapter 4

  • I walked in. “What are you doing here?

  • My mother in law and Sarah jumped

  • “I’m here to collect my son’s belongings.“

  • “What’s it to you?” my mother in law snapper

  • “You being here is fine, but she being here is a problem,” I said, glaring at Sarah.

  • “Sarah’s here to help me sort through my son’s things,” my mother in law said.

  • Looking at the mess they’d made, I was furious.

  • “You call this sorting through his things? It looks like a tornado hit the place. Get out of my house, both of you!”

  • “Emily, this house is half my son’s. I’m not giving you a single penny of his estate,” my mother–in–law

  • said defiantly.

  • “You don’t get to decide that. Legally, I’m the first heir,” I said coldly.

  • Sarah stepped forward, smugly patting her round belly.

  • “Emily, I’m pregnant with David’s child. This baby is the rightful heir.”

  • “Emily, you didn’t expect this, did you? My son left a legacy,” my mother–in–law said proudly.

  • I laughed.

  • “Let’s go to the lawyer’s office right now. I’ll renounce all claims to David’s estate. It’s all yours.”

  • They clearly didn’t know about David’s massive debts, or they thought they could inherit the assets without the liabilities.

  • At the lawyer’s office, they signed the inheritance papers, grinning from ear to ear.

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  • As we left, my mother–in–law pulled me aside and whispered, “Emily, have you seen a lottery ticket? David bought it for me, and it’s worth over $500,000. If you give it back, I’ll give you $100,000.”

  • seen any lottery

  • “$200,000, then.”

  • haven’t seen it.” I smirked

  • meant

  • but then said, “I’ll sell this house and give you half the

  • I agreed.

  • had already maxed

  • couldn’t be sold.

  • next morning, I was sound asleep when my mother–in–law and Sarah started pounding

  • door.

  • bitch, open

  • screwed us over,

  • opened the door, only for my mother–in–law to try slapping me.

  • and shoved

  • dare lay a hand on me.”

  • David

  • was gone, she realized I wasn’t about to take

  • “Emily, how

  • finally understand why you gave up David’s

  • about the debts–over a million dollars! We’ll never

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  • need to come with us to the lawyer’s

  • to you,” Sarah

  • into the fire after finally

  • replied with a smirk.

  • evil,” Sarah

  • an affair with a

  • David.”

  • you

  • the last of our family

  • ay the face

  • looked miserable, tears streaming down

  • us into inheriting the debt. We’re suing you.”

  • were incurred during your marriage, you’re responsible for them,” my mother–in–law declared, a new plan

  • only inherit David’s assets, not his

  • lawyer right now,” Sarah insisted,

  • I’ll

  • days later, I received

  • my lawyer

  • lawyer explained their side, my lawyer replied, “My client had no involvement in

  • incurred in David’s name

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