Kicked-out mother moves to her grandmother's house and is shocked to discover she's rich

[Music] when Sarah Donovan's husband left her and their three children without a home she had only one Refuge her mother's Seaside Cottage where an unexpected surprise awaited her dear viewers Welcome to our Channel subscribe to receive more stories every day the car rocked with each sharp turn on the narrow Coastal Road the Donovan family had traveled to a small Village By the Sea during the summer there wasn't much in the way of urban infrastructure but the scenery was stunning along the Route there were many sand dunes rocky shores and saltwater marshes Sarah knew the place

well and was surprised to find that the roads had changed little over the years her three kids were sleeping in the back seat and weren't particularly interested in what was happening outside the window they were all exhausted from the trip and everything they had been through over the past few months Sarah drove the rental car while fighting back the tears it had been months since she had been able to keep her head straight without the help of medication she only prayed to God that her children would not notice her desperation then Sarah pulled into a

driveway here we go James Liam and Ella this is it the mother announced recapturing their attention right in front of them was an old seemingly deserted Cottage it was obvious that that nature was in charge of beautifying the area because wild flowers were growing everywhere and the weeds were a little high James said Mom it looks like a house from a horror movie taking a step back Ella reacted oh that's scary Sarah knew that the kids wouldn't be interested in the location right away but she hoped that they would see how important it was it's

only temporary right we'll figure it out the mother said as she prepared to close the car pick up her bags and walked to the door even though they were scared the kids went ahead and ran around Sarah was counting on her children's curiosity and the chance to go on adventures to keep them busy after all the Terrible Things They had been through Sarah saw the old mailbox on the property once she got over the old fence the sight of it brought back many good and surprising memories from her childhood James the oldest son was checking

out the cottage which looked like it had been abandoned for a long time Liam and the youngest Ella we looking for shells and small sea creatures Liam yelled there's a crab Ella said there's another one right here too Liam and Ella looked dazzled and that gave Faith to Sarah's plans she thought if David hadn't been so careless we wouldn't be out here in the middle of nowhere and broke but that's life she kept her head up and accepted the burden she was carrying because she knew the breakup was necessary and best for the kids 10

years of marriage had been very intense when Sarah first met David she was 23 he was a highly ethical and prosperous stock broker if necessary he stayed late at work or used part of the weekend to catch up on trades and reports even so he would always sit next to her in the evening crack open a beer or a whiskey and unwind after a day of stress it gave her security it seemed that David managed to balance his life their dating lasted 2 years and she was also able to establish herself professionally they were not

rich or millionaires but had an enviable income in their circle of friends and family when everything appeared stable they decided to marry after the party David honored a promise he had made to his colleagues they would each receive a small bottle of whiskey as a momento it was the groom's favorite drink and a sign of his success this wastefulness started to attract people with a lot of power but these people had habits that would hurt David he was already dabbling in day trading and placing small bets in the stock market before the birth of their

first child James when he lost he was frustrated but he always claimed that the amount was insignificant and when he won which wasn't often he told his family and co-workers that he could predict what would happen by the time his youngest child Ella was born he was already a High Roller in the markets Sarah became concerned because he was risk in substantial sums of money she sometimes quarreled with her husband about this but he said the family's finances were fine because he knew what he was doing and was a responsible man Sarah was afraid but

it didn't take away David's reason after all there was never anything missing for the children and the couple at home also he continued to wake up early every day and work hard trading is just my way to unwind Sarah it's how I stay sharp he would say I may lose a few bucks but when I get it right it will be good for everyone the fact is if he had known that such a habit would destroy his family perhaps he would have listened to his wife Sarah's mother Martha knew about David's trading and didn't think

it could end well she couldn't fully Express her misgivings because of course the money was her son-in-laws but she feared that a disaster was likely and that it would impact both her daughter and her grandchildren what are you going to do if one day he loses everything my daughter are you going to support him with our family money she once asked Sarah he will not lose everything the trading money is not the money that keeps this family going mom she replied Martha said that she prayed she was right during one of his Market binges David

put down a lot of money and HIIT it big he took his whole family to Europe with the profits to show everyone that this was just a hobby and that he had everything under control they were Enchanted days for Sarah J James Liam and Ella who were still very young Sarah thought that if her husband gave them a surprise like that it must be true that their finances were secure the problem was that after David's Big Win he felt even more sure of himself and began to invest more and more to his trador logic this

made sense the more money he put at risk the larger the reward would be except that David never won again on the contrary he lost several times in a row all always thinking he would win the next time his losses got so bad that he had to borrow a lot of money from his business he had to fire eight highlevel employees at once and announce an emergency restructuring to avoid publicly admitting that his trading addiction had caused him to lose money he didn't have David had to sell his entire share of the business to his

partner so that he could pay his bills at home he was no longer an owner of the business after that he was out on the street this was a huge uge blow to both his sense of selfworth and his family's life Sarah was in a lot of pain what would they eat how would they live how would they pay for their three kids to keep going to school but the worst was yet to come a debt collector started calling the family's house to collect on the loans David had taken out when Sarah went to the

grocery store to buy the rest of the month's food she found that the family's credit cards had been blocked when she called the bank the manager told her that her husband had spent the couple's money he had also taken out loans from the bank over the past few months and the shortfall was so big that a baith would soon be at the family's door if the debt wasn't paid in other words what the family owed the bank was close to the value of the house they lived in so the bank would sell the house to

pay off the debt when Sarah heard that she felt stunned as if the world had stopped around her she couldn't figure out how her husband could be so careless and self-centered while secretly racking up debts when found her husband later she went from being tired and bored to being Furious and out of control do you realize how bad what you've done is David your hobby cost our family a lot of money we'll be kicked out of our house with three kids to feed and it's all because of a stupid game she was so nervous that

she fought with her husband while on medicine to calm her down David insisted he was simply experiencing a lot of bad luck but that was about to change Sarah could not believe her ears what are you thinking about trading again it is over do you understand that if you don't promise me that right away I'll take the kids and leave David bowed his head in recognition that Sarah was being serious he remained silent for a while before promising to change but he begged his wife to stand by him and not leave she wanted to sell

it before it was auctioned that way she would get a better value on it making it possible to fully settle the debt with the bank but only part of what her husband owed the debt collector who was calling members of the family every day where are we going to live now she wondered as she looked around the rooms and thought about the children Sarah took a deep breath and explained what had happened to her mother she was mortified and wanted to disappear from the face of the Earth she never imagined it would get this low

she asked to access family money to pay the debt collector the elderly woman looked coldly at her daughter and asked asked are you sure about this my daughter if I give you that money I will have nothing left for your future and that of my grandchildren apart from our old Cottage By the Sea with that mailbox that you loved remember Sarah always wanted to be the first one to open it and bring the mail running home when she was a kid her mother would sometimes put candy in the Box just so Sarah could discover a

surprise inside but now was not the time to reflect on the past Sarah needed to think about her family's future so she confirmed her intention to use family funds to assist her husband after all he was a member of her family as well Martha was upset so she thought about her three grandchildren before agreeing to give away all of the money she had saved over her life David would have been in trouble with the debt collector and his grandchildren would have been homeless if it hadn't been for her Martha's final act of kindness before passing

away was the transfer she fell ill unexpectedly 40 days later and had to be taken to the hospital right away Sarah was devastated by her death in the ICU after the funeral she sobbed for many hours even her children couldn't make her feel better Sarah received a letter from her mother via the family attorney a week later he clarified that the letter contained the remainder of her mother's belongings Sarah wasn't sure what this meant when she opened the envelope she discovered a handwritten note on a plain piece of paper her mother wished her the best

and told her that she could always seek refuge in the seaside Cottage where she had grown up may you only receive letters of Happiness she finished the text the key to the place was in the envelope David stopped trading he lost friends and most of his family viewed him with some contempt he Sarah and the three children had to leave the beautiful house they owned to live on rent in a tiny apartment without their previous income the three children had to drop out of private school but no public school could accept them in the middle

of the school year so the kids would stay all day in the apartment bored and picking fights with each other from that moment on Sarah would look at her husband more harshly he needed to be better for his family and find a way to regain his dignity but the truth was that David was depressed after all he had done and this moved him to ReDiscover an old best friend whiskey he still got up early every day and went to the street Street to look for work or odd jobs his ex partner was a good man

who understood that everyone makes mistakes he told David that if he could show that he had changed for the better he could work for the company again not as a partner but as a senior employee David knew that business better than anyone else this gave Sarah hope but the first thing David did when he got home was look for a bottle on days when nothing was going on he would get drunk and fall asleep on the couch but he was quickly getting lost when his ex- partner planned a birthday party for his son who was

the same age as Liam Sarah saw this as an opportunity for her husband to show that he was ready while the kids played in the garden the adults were having Lively conversations David's former employees at the company and the situation was a little embarrassing for him David drank more than he should have the more drunk he got the more unpleasant he was with the other children's parents and with his own wife when all around could see that he was already ped his limit Sarah tried to convince him to withdraw before he ruined his last chance

with his ex partner honey let's go home you need a shower and a good night's sleep come on I'll help you but he told Sarah to shut up and said he wouldn't do what she wanted which got everyone's attention you think just because you helped me once you're going to boss me around now remember I'm the one who supported you until yesterday you INR he said so everyone could hear she felt humiliated and didn't know where to look the guests were uncomfortable and David's ex- partner looked sad and disappointed in him that was the biggest

embarrassment of Sarah's life she was devastated back in the small apartment where they lived she tried to go over her whole life in her head and understand how she had let it get this far sad and angry she found no other way out but to separate from her husband David was sinking his life in the mud and the three children did not deserve to sink along with him when the divorce papers arrived it was as if David had already been waiting for them quite unceremoniously he signed the paperwork as if he was the victim escaping

from a problematic marriage all that was left for Sarah to do was to take the children and go Inland to her family's old Cottage and there she would think about how to lead the rest of her life she was broken and didn't even know if the electricity was still on in the house but she had no other way out she told her children that this was a temporary move like a summer vacation but she had no plan B in mind apart from the house Sarah had nothing her bank account was almost drained what little she

had in the bank would only help her live for a few months she would have to find a new job and hope for the best Sarah walked in through the front door which creaked open sending a chill through James this house looks haunted said the boy the place was very dark and Ella didn't want to go in at all Sarah still remembered how certain things worked there and tried to go to The Wide Window in the room it was a little stuck but as soon as she managed to open it a very strong beam of

light entered the house and bathed everything in a Golden Glow making the children's Mother dive into Nostalgia the room was filled with the sound of breaking glass I'm sorry Mom I didn't mean to exclaimed Ella from the living room Sarah and the boys went to see what had happened a large framed glass painting on the floor in the living room had shattered look there's a small door in that wall said the youngest Sarah nearly fell to her knees on the floor when she realized what it was it's not a small door silly that's a drawer

right there James the oldest said Sarah realized why that old painting had always been in the same spot it concealed a hidden drawer Sarah tried every possible way to open it but realized that a specific key was needed what happened to the key to the drawer she was looking out the window when her gaze was drawn to the old mailbox at the front door which reminded her of the last conversation she had with her mother during which the old woman mentioned the mailbox in a curious way but is it possible she wondered Sarah went to

the front of the old Cottage and checked the mailbox where she had found sweets hidden by her mother on several occasions when she opened it she discovered one one more surprise waiting for her a key that was as old as the house and much heavier than it appeared she dashed back into the room and inserted the key into the lock she heard a sharp click as she Twisted it and the drawer slid open Sarah thought she would find Old family photos letters between her parents and maybe some old family records instead she found something that

left her speechless there was an old leatherbound case inside containing antique coins and a rare watch collection when Sarah opened the case she discovered a note tucked inside with her mother's handwriting for Sarah forever my most precious treasure as she read it she had the impression that her mother was speaking to her right next to her in the old Cottage Sarah held the note close to her heart and began to cry she was too emotional about what it evoked in her and what it meant in her life at that moment she started sobbing what is

it mom is everything all right L asked she turned and opened her arms to her children inviting them all to hug her it's better than ever my daughter I just realized how grandma always loved us the next day Sarah took all of Martha's old and valuable collections out of the drawer and went to estimate how much they were worth arriving at a number in excess of $400,000 that meant she was safe and wouldn't need her ex-husband ever again she looked out the window and saw James Liam and Ella playing among the wild flowers the sun

was setting and now everyone had a reason to smile dear viewers thank you for watching if you like this story please subscribe to our channel to receive more stories every day share with us what you think of this story