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  • 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

  • “$200,000, then.”

  • really haven’t seen it.” I smirked

  • meant nothing–money was all that

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

  • I agreed.

  • already maxed out our

  • couldn’t be

  • sound asleep when my mother–in–law

  • door.

  • bitch, open

  • over,

  • opened the door, only for my

  • shoved

  • you dare lay a hand

  • bullied me when David

  • gone, she realized

  • “Emily,

  • understand why you gave

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

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  • you need to come with us to

  • the inheritance back to you,” Sarah

  • into the fire after finally getting rid of that debt?”

  • replied with a

  • Sarah

  • evil? You’re the one who had an affair with

  • David.”

  • you should consider

  • It’s the

  • ay the face

  • tears streaming down her

  • us into inheriting the

  • debts were incurred during your marriage, you’re responsible for them,” my mother–in–law

  • only inherit David’s assets, not

  • are yours. We’re going to the lawyer right

  • ahead. I’ll be

  • later, I received a

  • my lawyer

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

  • were incurred in David’s name or through

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