My ex-partner and I were together for almost twenty years. The trust and understanding that built our unusual relationship were broken when he cheated on us.
I put my life back together and started a new family after a painful breakup. In the meantime, my ex-boyfriend married the woman he had cheated on me with and began a new life. I thought that.
The sudden death of my ex-spouse, who was pregnant, was a terrible tragedy. I was shocked by the news, and I couldn’t help but think about how troubled our past was.
Then I found out something shocking: in his will, my ex-spouse had named me as the main person who would get his fortune. This shocking turn of events made a lot of people feel and ask a lot of questions.
A letter from my ex, written in the handwriting I knew, showed more than just sorrow. Even after all these years, he told me he loved me and was sorry for the mistakes he had made in the past.
His words told a shocking truth: he wasn’t married out of love, but because it was easier for him. His wife had lied to him, and their child was the only thing that held him to a life he didn’t want.
My ex-boyfriend told me in his last words to take his gift and move on with my life instead of caring about his wife and kids. But making this choice came with its own problems.
His family kept making demands and pleas for the wealth, which made me even more determined. I took his will because I knew it would protect the future of my family.
I said a quiet thank you to him for the love we shared and the future he gave me as I stood at his grave. Still, a part of me can’t get out of the “what-ifs.”
I’m still not sure if taking his inheritance was the right thing to do. Should I have looked for other ways to heal the rift and make the people he left behind feel better about their anger?
This complicated web of feelings and responsibilities keeps coming back to haunt me, making me want to be understood and validated.
What would you have done differently if you were me? He left behind a heavy legacy that reminds us of our troubled past and the unsure future that lies ahead.
