89-year-old father-in-law lived with us for 20 years without contributing to the expenses. After his passing, I was sh0cked when a lawyer arrived with explosive news…
I got married at 30, with nothing in my name. My wife’s family wasn’t well either; it was just her father, almost 70, fragile, quiet, living off a veteran’s pension.
Immediately after the wedding, he moved in with my wife and I and stayed with us until his last day. For 20 years, he did not contribute a single rupee for electricity, water, food or medicine. Didn’t babysit grandkids didn’t cook and didn’t clean. Some even called it a “top-rate parasite.”
I got annoyed sometimes, but then I thought, “He is an old man, my father-in-law; if I complain, who will take care of him?” “So I shut up. But honestly, I often felt resentment inside. Sometimes I would come home tired from work, open the empty fridge and watch him peacefully drinking tea as if it had nothing to do with him.
Then one day he passed away. That morning, my wife took him porridge and discovered that he was no longer breathing.
The funeral was easy. Nobody in my wife’s family was wealthy, so my wife and I took care of all the arrangements.
Three days later, a man in a suit showed up at our door, and I almost dropped the glass of water in my hand.
He was a lawyer, with a stack of records. After verifying our identity, he unexpectedly announced… (READ FULL STORY IN THE COMMENT).
