She pressed her lips together in that familiar tight smile. “I’m just being practical. Something you’ve never quite managed.”I need some time here,” I said, turning away from her. “Just a few days to sort through his things.””Fine,” she said after a pause. “Take the weekend. But then we need to discuss some… arrangements.”
“Arrangements?”
“I miss you so much, Dad,” I whispered to the empty room. “I don’t know how to do this without you.”Three days later, I drove back to my apartment to grab more clothes and check my mail. The distance helped clear my head. Maybe Carla and I could find some way to coexist. For Dad’s sake, I’d try.When I returned Monday morning, I pulled into the driveway and immediately sensed something was wrong. My key didn’t fit in the front door lock.
Time to grow up and move on.
— Carla”
My suitcases sat on the porch, along with my mother’s painting — the only one she completed before cancer took her… and the ceramic urn containing my childhood dog’s ashes.Hot tears spilled down my cheeks as fury built into my chest. I pounded on the door.
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My Stepmom Changed the Locks After My Dad Passed to Keep Me Out – She Didn’t Know My Dad Had Prepared for This Scenario
Rita Kumar
By Rita Kumar
Mar 24, 2025
05:34 A.M.
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I returned to my childhood home a few days after my dad’s death, only to find the locks changed and a cruel message taped to the door. I was crushed by how far my stepmother would go to get what she wanted. But my father had a plan of his own… one that made her wish she’d never touched that lock.
