At My Husband’s Will Reading, His Mother Smirked And Said, “Everything Belongs To -Reddit Stories

at my husband's will reading his mother smirked and said everything belongs to me the lawyer smiled and said actually he left you a special message her smirk disappeared when she read I never thought my life would turn into something out of a courtroom drama but here we are I had been married to my husband Daniel for 10 years we had built a beautiful life together love laughter a home that we worked hard for but throughout those years there was always a dark cloud looming over us that cloud was mother Margaret from the moment I met

her I knew she didn't like me she didn't hide it either she made it very clear that she thought I wasn't good enough for her son you're just after his money she'd say even though Daniel and I both worked hard to build our life together the truth was she wanted to control him just like she always had Margaret had always been a force of nature controlling manipulative and cruel she treated Daniel like he was still a little boy who needed her permission to live his life he spent years trying to earn her love but she

only gave him affection when he did exactly what she wanted when he married me she saw it as a betrayal she despised that he had chosen me over her despite everything Daniel still loved his mother I never stood in the way of their relationship though I often had to be the one to comfort him when she cut him down with her words he wanted her approval so badly he wanted to believe that deep down she loved him the way a mother should then 6 months ago Daniel passed away it wasn't sudden he had been battling

a long illness we had time to prepare to talk about everything and one of the things he made sure to handle was his will he knew his mother would come after me he knew how she was which brings us to today I sat in the lawyer's office my hands clasped tightly together my grief still raw Margaret sat across from me wearing an expensive black dress acting as if she were The Grieving widow she had barely spoken to me since Daniel's passing except to snear at me at the funeral telling me it was only a matter

of time before I was out on the streets where I belonged she truly believed that she sat there smirking waiting for the lawyer to confirm what she thought she already knew that she was about to inherit everything the lawyer cleared his throat and began reading danielk will to my beloved wife I leave our home our savings and all of my personal assets Margaret smirk faltered but she quickly recovered leaning back in her chair with an arrogant air she clearly thought that the money his Investments his stocks the things she believed she had a claim to

were going to her the lawyer continued to my mother Margaret I leave he paused then picked up a separate piece of paper his lips twitched as if he was holding back a smile I leave this personal message Margaret frowned what the lawyer slid the paper across the desk to her Daniel left you a letter she snatched it up unfolding it with a look of barely contained Fury as she read R her smirk disappeared entirely her face turned red her hands clenched the paper so tightly that I thought she might tear it in half her lips

moved as she read the words and then she slammed the paper down on the desk this is a joke she hissed I leaned forward my heart pounding what does it say the lawyer still composed said Daniel wanted to make sure his final words to his mother were clear I reached for the letter and to my surprise the lawyer handed me a copy as I read my eyes filled with tears not of sadness but of Pride mother if you are reading this it means you are probably expecting to take everything from my wife but I need

you to understand something you have never controlled me and you will not control her you spent my entire life trying to manipulate me trying to make me feel like I was never good enough but in my final moments I found peace in knowing that I had built a life with someone who truly loved me not for my money not for what I could give her but for me you never gave me that love and because of that I owe you nothing everything I have goes to my wife the woman who stood by me when you

never did the room was silent Margaret's hands trembled as she shoved the letter away from her this is absurd she spat he didn't mean this he was sick he didn't know what he was saying the lawyer sighed as if he had been expecting this reaction Mrs Caldwell I can assure you that your son was of sound mind when he wrote this and as per his wishes you have not been left with anything Margaret's face Twisted with rage this is your doing she snarled pointing a shaking finger at me you poisoned him against me you turned

him against his own mother I finally spoke my voice calm no Margaret you did that all by yourself she stood up so fast that the chair nearly toppled over this isn't over she seeed I'll fight this I'll take you to court that house should be mine that money should be mine the lawyer leaned back in his chair completely unfaced you're welcome to contest the will but I'll warn you Daniel took extra precautions to ensure that it was Ironclad you'd be wasting your time and money Margaret glared at him then at me I could see the

fury in her eyes the disbelief that she had lost that she had no power here she turned on her heel and stormed out of the office slamming the door behind her I sat there for a long moment staring staring at the space she had just occupied then I let out a breath I hadn't realized I'd been holding Daniel had stood up to her in the end even in death he had protected me but something in the pit of my stomach told me this wasn't the last I'd hear from Margaret and I was right because what

happened next was even worse Margaret stormed out of the lawyer's office that day but I knew deep in my gut that she wasn't done with me she wasn't the type to accept defeat she had spent her whole life getting her way by intimidation manipulation and sheer cruelty and now losing to me a woman she had always seen is beneath her was something she couldn't stand I had barely made it home before the phone started ringing I ignored it at first but after the fourth or fifth time I picked it up Margaret didn't even bother with

pleasantries you think you've won don't you her voice was shaking not with sadness but with rage I stayed silent she let out a bitter laugh you have no idea who you're dealing with that house that money it should have been mine you were nothing before you married my son and you'll be nothing again soon I swallowed the lump in my throat trying to keep my voice steady Daniel made his choice and you need to accept it she scoffed we'll see about that then she hung up I tried to tell myself she was just bluffing just

lashing out but something about the way she said it made my skin crawl the first attack a week passed then another things were quiet too quiet then one morning I woke up to find an eviction notice taped to my front door my heart stopped I yanked it off and read it over and over trying to make sense of it it claimed that the house the house that Daniel and I had bought together was not legally mine that it somehow still belonged to Margaret it didn't make sense the lawyer had assured me the will was Ironclad

Daniel had made sure I was protected I rushed to call the lawyer he was calm but serious she's trying to contest the will he said she's claiming that your marriage was fraudulent that you manipulated Daniel when he was sick she's saying that the house should revert to his closest blood relative I felt sick she can't actually do this right she can try he sighed but she doesn't have a case she's grasping at straws that doesn't mean it won't be a fight and it was she dragged me into court making wild accusations about how I had

trapped Daniel how I had taken advantage of his illness how I had isolated him from his loving family it was a circus she lied through her teeth crying crocodile tears on the stand acting like she had been a doting mother who had just been cruy pushed aside I sat there my hands clenched my nails digging into my Palms so hard they left marks I wanted to scream to stand up and tell everyone the truth that she had never cared about Daniel that she had only ever cared about controlling him about owning him but I stayed

quiet I let the lawyer do his job and in the end the judge saw through her the case was thrown out I thought that would be the end of it I was wrong the escalation a few days after the court ruling I came home late one evening to find my front door slightly open my stomach dropped I knew I had locked it when I left I pushed the door open slowly my hands shaking the house was dark dark eily silent I stepped inside my heart hammering against my ribs and then I saw it my living

room was destroyed furniture overturned pictures smashed papers scattered everywhere someone had been here I backed out of the house my fingers fumbling to dial 911 the police arrived quickly they did a sweep of the house but whoever had done this was already gone nothing valuable had been taken just ruined it wasn't a robbery it was a message I didn't need to guess who had sent it the police couldn't do much no signs of forced entry they told me do you have any idea who might have done this I stared at them my hands still shaking

yes but of course I had no proof and Margaret wasn't done the breaking point the next few weeks were a nightmare strange cars parked outside my house at odd hours my trash cans overturned in the middle of of the night Dead Flowers left on my doorstep I barely slept I felt like I was being hunted then one evening I heard a knock at my door I checked the peephole it was Margaret I almost didn't open it every instinct told me not to but I was tired of hiding tired of being afraid I opened the door

she smiled it wasn't a friendly smile it was cold enjoying the house she she asked her voice smooth mocking I didn't answer her smile widened I'm not going to stop you know you might think you've won but this isn't over you took my son from me and now I'm going to take everything from you something in me snapped for weeks I had been living in fear but now looking at her This Bitter hateful woman who had spent her whole life trying to control everything I felt something else I felt done I stepped forward closing the

space between us listen to me Margaret I said my voice steady you already lost Daniel saw you for what you were and no matter what you do now you will never win this house it's mine my life it's mine and you you have nothing you did this to yourself for the first time she looked scared I saw it just for a moment a flicker in her eyes then she sneered we'll see about that she turned and walked away disappearing into the night but I knew this wasn't over and I was right because the next morning

I got a call from the lawyer and what he told me it changed everything I barely slept that night Margaret's words haunted me I kept replaying the way she had stood on my doorstep her voice dripping with Venom promising that she wasn't done with me and she was right the next morning my phone rang if it was my lawyer we have a problem he said his voice tight I gripped the phone what now he sighed Margaret just filed a new lawsuit she's claiming that Daniel had a secret will one that leaves everything to her I

nearly dropped the phone a secret will that's ridiculous I know but she submitted paperwork and worse he hesitated she's got a witness I felt my blood Turn ice cold who there was a long pause then he said a name I never expected Daniel's best friend the ultimate betrayal David had been Daniel's best friend since childhood he had been the best man at our wedding he had cried at Daniel's funeral I had trusted him and now he was siding with her I called him immediately he picked up his voice calm too calm hey he said like

nothing was wrong tell me this isn't true my voice shook tell me you're not helping her there was a pause then he sighed look I don't want to be involved in this but Margaret she made some good points she said Daniel changed his mind before he died that he didn't want to leave you everything I felt like I had been punched in the gut that's a lie and you know it she has a document he said almost like he was trying to convince himself and I saw Daniel sign it my vision blurred with r AG

you're lying or she's paying you to lie silence that silence told me everything how much I whispered how much is she paying you to betray your best friend he didn't answer I hung up a dead man's secret I drove straight to my lawyer's office he was already sifting through the so-called new will this is a forgery he said immediately Daniel was meticulous he wouldn't have written a second well without going through me I clenched my fists so how do we prove it he pulled out the original will the signatures don't match perfectly it's close but

not exact wek get a handwriting expert then he frowned but there's something else he turned to his computer and pulled up a file before Daniel passed he made a video he wanted to make sure his wishes were crystal clear my breath caught a video he nodded he asked me to hold on to it just in case I think now is the time to use it he clicked play and there was Daniel looking straight into the camera Daniel's final words his face was thinner his eyes tired but his voice was strong if you're watching this it

means my mother is trying to take what isn't hers tears welled in my eyes Daniel continued his voice unwavering Margaret if you are sitting in a courtroom right now trying to lie your way into my estate I need you to know something he leaned forward eyes burning into the camera I knew you would do this Margaret's fake will useless David's lies worthless because Daniel had outplayed them from beyond the grave but what he said next it made everything explode the truth comes out Daniel took a deep breath Margaret I know about the money I froze

the lawyer's eyes widened wait what Daniel's voice was sharper now I know you stole from me from my father from the company my heart pounded what was he talking about then he said something that made my blood run cold I know you paid David off years ago I sucked in a sharp breath Daniel knew he knew that his mother and his best friend had been working together long before he died then he pulled out papers documents proof I found the accounts he said the secret transfers the missing funds you thought I wouldn't notice but I

did I couldn't breathe Daniel knew his mother had been stealing from him he knew she had been hiding money using Shady accounts covering her tracks and he had been Gathering evidence then he smiled a cold knowing smile that's why I set a trap the ultimate Revenge the video ended silence filled the room then my lawyer let out a low whistle well that changes everything I swallowed hard what did he mean by a trap he stood up I think it's time we find out we dug into Daniel's records his emails his files and what we found

it was explosive Bank transfers fraudulent documents bribes Margaret hadn't just been trying to steal now she had been stealing for years she had drained Daniel's father's estate moved money through fake companies laundered thousands and David he had helped her I sat there stunned so what do we do my lawyer grinned we don't just fight back he picked up his phone we burned them to the ground the final blow the next day we filed criminal charges fraud theft conspiracy Margaret and David were about to be buried in legal hell Margaret showed up at my house One

Last Time her face was pale call off your lawyer she said voice trembling letun make a deal I stepped forward looked her dead in the eyes no and for the first time in her miserable manipulative life Margaret knew she had lost Margaret thought she had power she thought she could bully manipulate and scheme her way to Victory like she always had but Daniel had seen her coming and now even from Beyond the Grave he was the one pulling the strings the evidence we uncovered was devastating bank fraud money laundering stolen inheritance funds wire transfers that

linked back to her David wasn't just a lying snake he was deep in it helping her cover her tracks my lawyer wasted no time he handed everything over to the authorities and then we sat back and watched the Domino's fall Margaret's downfall it started with the IRS freezing her accounts every dollar she had stolen every shady transaction under investigation then came the police raid I woke up to the sound of sirens outside Margaret's house the news broke that morning authorities investigating Financial crimes linked to the Caldwell estate Margaret was dragged out in handcuffs her face

once so smug so full of arrogance was Ashen she looked around as if searching for someone to save her someone to make this go away but there was no one left David tried to run they caught him at the airport he had a one-way ticket to Mexico and $50,000 in cash stuffed in his suitcase too bad for him the police got to him first courtroom Justice Margaret's trial was brutal the evidence was undeniable the stolen funds the fraudulent accounts the fake will the bribery it was all laid out in front of the judge and the

best part Daniel had recorded a second video this one was meant for court it was longer sharper and had received seats I will never forget the look on Margaret's face when it was played in front of the judge the jury and a packed courtroom her own son exposing her for the fraud she was her hands clenched the table so hard her Knuckles turned white she looked like she wanted to crawl out of her own skin the judge was ruthless 15 years in prison for financial fraud David got 10 years for aiding and a betting the

final blow Margaret tried one last time to reach out to me a letter arrived at my house from prison I almost threw it away but curiosity got the better of me it was short you think you won but you'll always be nothing without Daniel you took him from me I'll never forgive you I stared at it for a long time then I did something that I knew would haunt her I sent it back unopened Margaret lost everything her money her home her fake reputation I sold the house she had fought so hard to steal from

me used the money to start fresh somewhere new and as for me I lived I healed I moved on because in the end Daniel won and that was the best revenge of all