Kicked-out Mother Moves To Late Granny’s House, Checks Mailbox & Realizes She’s Rich

“You think just because you helped me once you’re going to boss me around now? Remember I’m the one who supported you until yesterday, you ingrate,” he said for everyone to hear.

“he said so everyone could hear.”

She felt humiliated and didn’t know where to look. The guests were uncomfortable, and Mathew’s ex-partner looked sad and disappointed in him.

That was the biggest embarrassment of Janet’s life. She was devastated.

Back in the small apartment where they lived, she tried to go over her whole life in her head and understand how she had let it get this far. Sad and angry, she found no other way out but to separate from her husband.

Mathew was sinking his life in the mud, and the three children did not deserve to sink along with him. When the divorce papers arrived, it was as if Mathew had already been waiting for them.

Quite unceremoniously, he signed the paperwork as if he was the victim escaping from a problematic marriage. All that was left for Janet to do was to take the children and go inland to her family’s old house, and there she would think about how to lead the rest of her life.

She was broken and didn’t even know if the electricity was still on in the house, but she had no other way out. She told her children that this was a temporary move, like a summer vacation, but she had no plan B in mind.

Apart from the house, Janet had nothing. Her bank account was almost drained.

What little she had in the bank would only help her live for a few months. She would have to find a new job and hope for the best.

Janet walked in through the front door, which creaked open, sending a chill through Rick.

“This house looks haunted,” said the boy.

The place was very dark and Milla didn’t want to go in at all. Janet still remembered how certain things worked there and tried to go to the wide window in the room.

It was a little stuck, but as soon as she managed to open it, a very strong beam of light entered the house and bathed everything in a golden glow, making the children’s mother dive into nostalgia.

The room was filled with the sound of breaking glass.

“I’m sorry, Mom, I didn’t mean to!” exclaimed Milla from the living room.

Janet and the boys went to see what had happened. A large framed glass painting on the floor in the living room had shattered.

“Look, there’s a small door in that wall,” said the youngest.

Janet nearly fell to her knees on the floor when she realized what it was.

“It’s not a small door, silly. That’s a safe right there,” Rick, the oldest, said.

Janet realized why that old painting had always been in the same spot: it concealed a safe! Janet tried every possible way to open the door but realized that a specific key was needed.

What happened to the key to the safe? She was looking out the window when her gaze was drawn to the old mailbox at the front door, which reminded her of the last conversation she had with her mother, during which the old woman mentioned the mailbox in a curious way.

“But is it possible?” she wondered.

Janet went to the front of the old house and checked the mailbox, where she had found sweets hidden by her mother on several occasions. When she opened it, she discovered one more surprise was waiting for her.

A key that was as old as the house and much heavier than it appeared. She dashed back into the room and inserted the key into the lock.

She heard a sharp click as she twisted it, and the vault door opened. Janet thought she would find old family photos, letters between her parents, and maybe some old family records.

Instead, she found something that left her speechless. There were silver earrings, a large, heavy gold pendant, and several gold rings and necklaces inside a case.

When Janet opened the pendant, she discovered a picture of herself as a baby on one side and the words “For Janet, forever my most precious treasure” on the other. As she read it, she had the impression that her mother was speaking to her right next to her in the old house.

Janet held the diamond-studded pendant close to her heart and began to cry. She was too emotional about what it evoked in her and what it meant in her life at that moment.

She started sobbing.

“What is it, Mom? Is everything all right?” Milla asked.

She turned and opened her arms to her children, inviting them all to hug her.

“It’s better than ever, my daughter. I just realized how grandma always loved us.”

The next day Janet took all Miss Phyllis’s old and valuable jewels out of the safe and went to estimate how much they were worth, arriving at a number in excess of four hundred thousand dollars. That meant she was safe and wouldn’t need her ex-husband ever again.

She looked out the window and saw Rick, Nate and Milla playing among the wildflowers. The sun was setting and now everyone had reason to smile.