Three days after losing my husband, my daughter-in-law entered my kitchen and announced her resignation.
I was still dressed in black from Robert’s funeral.
“Why should I keep working?” Madison said cheerfully. “Your mom’s inheritance is enough for all of us.”
She addressed my son Andrew as though I weren’t sitting six feet away.
Then she showed him her phone.
“Look at this beach house! Mom and Dad have always dreamed of living by the ocean. We can buy it for them!”
I stared in disbelief.
My husband of forty-one years had been buried only seventy-two hours earlier, yet Madison was already choosing oceanfront properties with money she assumed belonged to her.
I’m Evelyn Harper, sixty-six years old. Until then, I’d thought grief was the greatest suffering imaginable.
I was mistaken.
Robert had died suddenly from a heart attack. A retired high school teacher, he enjoyed fishing, classic films, and repairing things around our Charleston, South Carolina, home.
Madison had barely acknowledged me during his funeral.
Now she eagerly examined pictures of luxurious kitchens and private pools.
“This one is only $1.2 million,” she announced.
Andrew appeared uneasy.
“Madison, maybe this isn’t the right time.”
She rolled her eyes.
“Your father would’ve wanted us to enjoy life. Why pretend otherwise?”
I set down my coffee.
“Have you discussed any of this with me?”
Madison smiled.
“Of course we’ll include you, Evelyn. You can visit the beach house whenever you want.”
Visit.
She planned to purchase that property using what she believed was my inheritance.
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