Marina had been married to Elias for sixteen years, years filled with quiet routines and shared dreams. When he passed away unexpectedly, grief hit her like a wave she could barely stand against. At the reading of the will, she sat still, hands folded tightly, expecting at least the home they had built together to remain hers. But the lawyer’s words were clear: everything had been left to Elias’s children from his first marriage. The room felt colder with each sentence. When she stepped outside afterward, his ex-wife, Nadine, stood waiting, her expression sharp as glass. “You were never meant to have anything,” Nadine said. “Childless wives don’t inherit.” Then, without hesitation, she told Marina to leave the flat immediately. In shock and exhaustion, Marina left with only a small suitcase and a heart too heavy to protest.
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