When my mother-in-law Gloria passed, I never expected to inherit anything we were cordial at best. But at the reading of her will, everything changed. She left me everything: her homes, her savings, her legacy. The catch? I had to stay married to my emotionally absent husband, Caleb, and live under the same roof as his bitter sister, Tessa, for 90 days. It wasn’t a gift it was a trap. And suddenly, I was living with two people who resented me, fueled by greed and unresolved wounds.
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