\nAn older woman leading a solitary life in a nursing home unexpectedly receives visits from her relatives after inheriting a $2.3 million fortune, only for them to face karma and learn a lesson the hard way.\n
Lola Simpson sat in a wheelchair, admiring the small garden through the window of her room at Big Hearts Nursing Home. Yet another year had passed, but Lola\u2019s life saw no significant changes. Her daughter, Natalie, and son-in-law, Roger, didn\u2019t return her calls and didn\u2019t bother to check on her again that year. Exactly six years ago, when Lola was 80, her health began failing her.\n
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She needed assistance with the most basic tasks and could barely get things done on her own. Lola had always been a lively and cheery woman, but who could beat the effects of aging? When Natalie realized she\u2019d have to care for her ailing mother, she just kicked her out to live in a nursing home, then settled in her mother\u2019s house with her husband.\n
That time, Natalie very enthusiastically promised Lola that she would visit her often, but year after year, Lola just kept waiting and neither Roger nor Natalie showed up. One day, Lola was very upset. She had a small family album that she\u2019d brought with her when she was admitted to the nursing home, and as she was looking through the pictures of her and Natalie in them, her tears wouldn\u2019t stop falling.\n
A young nurse named Mary saw Lola crying and her heart went out to the poor woman. \u201cMrs. Simpson,\u201d she said, approaching her. \u201cCan I help you? Are you okay?\u201d Lola shook her head, wiping her tears. \u201cWhat do I tell you, darling? This year, my daughter didn\u2019t visit me again. I\u2019ve been waiting for her visit for six years now. Every year, my heart wonders if I\u2019m wasting my time waiting for her. Will she even show up?\u201d\n
Mary sighed, unsure of how to comfort the older woman. She had heard Lola\u2019s story from the other nurses when she started working at the nursing home. She knew Lola\u2019s daughter and son-in-law had evicted her from her home and had never visited her.\n
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She had to do something to cheer up Lola\u2019s mood. So Mary forced a smile and said, \u201cYou see, Mrs. Simpson, they say that patience always bears fruit. I am sure your life will change one day, and you\u2019ll have so much love around you. Plus, crying doesn\u2019t suit a pretty lady like you. Come on, I want to see a smile on that gorgeous face!\u201d\n
Lola blushed. \u201cOh, you really have a way with words, darling. I\u2019m sorry for bothering you with all of my troubles. But you know what? I feel a little better. Thank you for listening to me\u2026.\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Mrs. Simpson. I\u2019m around if you ever need someone to listen to your worries. In exchange, I might just ask you for some beauty tips on how you have such beautiful skin!\u201d she joked and Lola chuckled.\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think an old soul like me can take any more of that flattery. I was wondering if\u2026.\u201d Lola began talking to Mary about the things on her mind, having forgotten all her troubles. That night at home, Mary couldn\u2019t take Lola out of her head. She was feeling terrible for the woman and had an idea in the back of her mind to help her. But for it to work, she needed to talk to her husband first.\n
\u201cJosh,\u201d she began while they were having dinner. \u201cI know we have a lot on our plates with a small home and three children to look after, but there\u2019s a woman at the nursing home where I work, and she\u2019s really lonely. I was wondering if we could take her in.\u201d Josh lowered his fork and pursed his lips. \u201cWe can\u2019t, darling,\u201d he flatly refused. \u201cWe\u2019re already straining to make ends meet. That would put us under too much stress.\u201d\n
\u201cBut, honey, her family kicked her out. She has no one to care for her. Of course, the nurses are there, but she longs for a family. I\u2019m not putting any pressure on you, but\u2014\u201d \u201cWhat did you say? She was kicked out?\u201d Mary nodded. \u201cAnd her son-in-law and daughter never visited her after. She hopes they will come to see her someday. She\u2019s been waiting for 6 years\u2026I doubt they\u2019ll come.\u201d\n
At that point, Josh regretted refusing Mary. He remembered how his mother was all alone in her final days since he was too busy working to support his family and rarely visited her. Josh couldn\u2019t bear the thought of someone else spending their final days in such grief and misery, so he agreed to Mary\u2019s request. \u201cAlright,\u201d he sighed. \u201cI guess we\u2019ll somehow manage\u2026.\u201d\n
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After the documentation was done and Lola came to Mary\u2019s home, Lola felt like her life had gotten another chance. She loved being around Mary\u2019s kids, who called her grandma, and Josh and Mary loved and respected her so much. Lola lived in Josh and Mary\u2019s house for several months, and she forgot about her troubles. She was finally happy and Mary was delighted to see her that way.\n
One morning, Lola received a letter and immediately recognized the sender\u2019s address. \u201cYou look really happy, Mrs. Simpson. What is the letter about?\u201d Mary asked her as she saw her running her hand smoothly on the letter\u2019s envelope and smiling.\n
\u201cOh, it\u2019s from someone special, darling. Just a minute\u2026.\u201d Lola opened the letter to read it and her tears did not stop. It was a letter notifying her that she had inherited $2.3 million from none other than her older stepbrother, Morgan, who had obtained Mary\u2019s address through Lola\u2019s lawyer.\n
The thing was, Morgan had promised their mother that he would always look after his younger sister, Lola. Sadly, he was bedridden for a long time, and now that the doctor had told him he only had a few months to live, he decided to leave his money to Lola because he didn\u2019t have his own family. Word reached Natalie and Roger that Lola had become a millionaire after Lola\u2019s lawyer visited Lola\u2019s home for some formalities, only to learn she was in a nursing facility.\n
The couple decided to take Lola back in, but when they went to the nursing home to get her, they learned Lola had left the facility several months ago. \u201cBut where did she go?\u201d Natalie asked the receptionist, confused. The receptionist slid a slip toward her and said, \u201cShe\u2019s somewhere she deserves to be. I\u2019m giving you this address so that you learn that your mother doesn\u2019t need you to be happy!\u201d\n
When Natalie and Roger arrived at Mary\u2019s house, they pretended to be the lovely relatives they weren\u2019t. But Lola was having none of it and slammed the door in their face. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, but I don\u2019t know you,\u201d she told them. \u201cMy daughter and son-in-law don\u2019t let strangers in, so please leave\u2026.\u201d In the end, Natalie and Roger got what they deserved, and so did Lola.\n
Through Mary, she received a priceless treasure: a loving family. In gratitude, Lola decided to leave her riches to Mary\u2019s family after her death. Meanwhile, she sued Natalie and Roger, claiming her right to her house, and though the lawsuit took time, she won. As of now, Lola doesn\u2019t know where Natalie and Roger are and she doesn\u2019t care either. When Morgan left for his heavenly abode, Mary and Josh took care of his funeral arrangements. Lola\u2019s health is doing much better and she is happy with the family she got in Mary, Josh, and their children.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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