– Is everything okay? Have you settled in? – I tried to speak so that my daughter wouldn't sense my anxiety.
– Yes, mom, everything is okay. You don't have to worry. The apartment is comfortable — rent is partially reimbursed by the employer
— Weronika, I realize you're not a little girl, but be careful.
We talked to my daughter on the phone for a while longer, and then we went about our business. It was hard to realize that she was an adult, but Piotr and I finally had a chance to live for ourselves. He is the love of my life, because we have been together since high school. And although they say that love lasts three years, my feelings for my husband only grow stronger.
We had more freedom, and our daughter had more opportunities. In our small provincial town, she would not have been able to succeed in her career. I began to notice that my husband was becoming depressed. It was completely unlike him, so I started asking him about everything. Only after my questions did Piotr frowned even more.
-There's this thing… Do you remember my brother's wife? We met once at my mother's birthday party. They have a son. Mirek came to our city to try to find a job, but he was let down. The guy was left without money and a roof over his head. Marta asked us to take him in temporarily.
Honestly, life has taught me that it's not worth getting involved with relatives. It always ends badly. But here I felt sorry for the guy, because my daughter might be in a similar situation
It's a good thing we had an apartment to rent. I inherited it from my deceased grandmother. According to the documents, it was already my daughter's property, but that didn't change anything. Piotr informed his relatives about our conditions in the morning, which meant moving out as soon as possible on the date we set. We helped Mirek move his things. He wasn't alone, but with his girlfriend Irena.
-How much do we owe? It's such a nice apartment – he said. When my husband gave the amount, his girlfriend started to get indignant: – No, we didn't expect such a price.
-Okay, just pay for the utilities.
I already had a feeling that it wouldn't be without problems. When the first utility bills arrived, I was shocked. I had the impression that there were not just two people living there, but at least ten. What's more, our temporary tenants were in no hurry to pay off the arrears.
My husband called his sister-in-law to talk about her son's behavior. He announced that they had to pay the current bills and pay off the arrears, because he and Irenka were only generating losses. Irena became hysterical, crying that they were family, she couldn't treat her nephew like that, and in general, he should let him stay permanently and support him financially until he found a job. Her words only made her husband hang up.
Another two months passed — we didn't receive a penny from Mirek. Only debts. The previous tenants called us and said they had changed their plans and would like to rent the apartment from us again.
I went to the apartment, but the relatives deliberately didn't open the door. 20 minutes later, a disgruntled Irena appeared on the doorstep.
-What do you want? – Hello! – I said and went inside.
-Why did you come uninvited?
-I remind you that you have two days to pack.
-You can't throw us out on the street! We have nowhere to live! I'm pregnant!
-Go back to the country and don't pretend to be a city dweller if you can't even find a job
-I don't want to live in this backwater with a child. Mirek almost has a job, so we're not going anywhere.
From word to word it turned out that together with my husband's nephew, my brother, sister-in-law and my husband's mother had planned to take over my apartment through so-called adverse possession, but something else came up. In a fit of anger, Irena announced that my signatures had already been forged on the appropriate forms, so I could say goodbye to the apartment.
I informed the fraudster at that time that the apartment had belonged to my daughter for a long time, which she did not know yet, so there would be no problem in calling the police and putting them all in the sack…
Incidentally, my in-laws had come up with a brilliant plan. Apparently, they had initially decided to take over the apartment, but their dreams were not to come true. Irena cursed us while packing, and Mirek covered his eyes. As soon as they left, we immediately changed the locks. We had to do a general cleaning because the apartment was dirty. A week later, my husband got a call from his brother, who was calling us both names, swearing at us, and dragging us through the mud. He was yelling into the receiver that if we didn't give the apartment to the young man willingly, my husband might forget he ever had a brother.
Now we are the biggest enemies of my husband's relatives. They spread gossip about us on every corner, but I haven't bothered with gossip for a long time. I've come to the conclusion that I won't be doing this kind of charity work anymore.
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