When my father passed, I thought I knew everything he left behind. Then his will revealed a house I had never heard of. I went there expecting dust and silence, but instead, a woman opened the door and claimed it was hers. Who was she, and why had Dad hidden her from me?
The rain pounded relentlessly on the rooftops as I tightened my coat and quickened my pace toward the notary’s office. My father was gone.
I couldn’t shake the thought. He’d always been my rock, but in the past few years, that rock had crumbled under the weight of debts I couldn’t even comprehend.
Finally, the house we’d lived in together was about to be repossessed, and I didn’t have the strength to fight it anymore.
“What’s left?” I wondered as I reached the office door, pausing to take a deep breath. “Probably nothing but another reminder of how much we’ve lost.”
Meanwhile, I was ushered into the notary’s office, where a middle-aged man motioned for me to sit.
“Let’s get started,” he said, flipping through a stack of documents.
As he read the will, I barely listened. My mind wandered, replaying moments with my dad, how he always told me everything, or so I thought. Suddenly, the notary’s voice cut through my thoughts.
“What?!” My head snapped up. “I’m sorry, did you say a house?”
“Yes,” he replied, sliding a document toward me. “Not your current residence, but another property your father owned.”
I stared at the paper. “Another house? He never mentioned it. How could he hide something like this?”
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