“Visit me? I’m not a guest. I am your mother!” poor Michelle cried. She felt defeated. She looked around the house, hounded by the beautiful memories of her once-united family under that roof. With a heavy heart, she packed her things and got ready to move into the nursing home, much to her children’s delight.
Two days later, Michelle was driven to a nursing facility in downtown Pittsburgh, around 30 miles from her house. She was crushed, and what deeply tormented her was how Simon and Kevin planned to sell her beloved home to buy new cars and jewels for their wives.
“Are you selling my house?” she asked them tearfully. “But you told me you would take care of it when you asked me to sign some papers.”
“Oh, mom! Can you please stop talking about that house? Yes, we told you we would take care of it, but we also have other things to deal with. We’re selling it, alright?” Kevin frowned.
Poor Michelle was even more distraught, imagining her treasured home would soon be gone. She moved into the nursing home and refused to look back at her sons. She was so hurt and felt orphaned by her children, who she raised with all her heart and soul.
Around a week later, Brad Perkins, Simon’s 27-year-old son, returned home. After majoring in architecture, he moved to New York to work. He was transferred to a regional branch office in his hometown and was delighted to live with his family.
During a family dinner, Brad noticed his grandma was missing. Curious, he asked his dad and uncle where she was. “You told me granny was staying with us every Tuesday and Wednesday. But I don’t see her here today. It’s Tuesday, right?” he asked. “Where is she?”
Simon and Kevin were a bit startled and speechless. They hadn’t told Brad anything.
“What is it, dad? Uncle Kevin, what’s going on? Where is granny? Wait, let me call her.”
Brad called Michelle’s number, but it was switched off.
“Weird. Granny never switches off her phone. I’ll dial the landline,” he muttered and called the landline, but it was already disconnected.
“Dad…Uncle Kevin…What’s going on? Are you gonna tell me, or shall I go check?”
Unable to hold back the truth, Simon revealed Michelle’s whereabouts to his son. “She said she didn’t want to be a burden on us…that’s why we were forced to leave her there.”
“You left granny in a nursing home?” Brad fumed. “How heartless and wicked of you two! I’m so ashamed of you! Granny would never leave that house because it was grandpa’s parting gift to her!”
Brad stormed out of the house and drove to meet Michelle.
