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My Dad's Pregnant Fiancée Tried To Kick Me Out Of My House. So I Showed Her... — Transcript

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  1. 0:00My dad's pregnant fiance tried to kick
  2. 0:02me out of my house. Lady, I own the
  3. 0:05house. My dad's gold digging fiance
  4. 0:07moved in with her two devil spawn. After
  5. 0:10she announced her pregnancy, she tried
  6. 0:12to kick me out of my own house. Her
  7. 0:14smirk disappeared when I told her I
  8. 0:16owned the place. What followed was an
  9. 0:18absolute show. Here's what went
  10. 0:20down. So, this whole saga started about
  11. 0:239 years ago when my mom died from
  12. 0:25cancer. I, 21, male, was 12. Dad was a
  13. 0:30wreck and nobody knew what the hell to
  14. 0:32do with me. Lucky for everyone involved,
  15. 0:34my grandparents lived just outside the
  16. 0:37city on this decent chunk of land with a
  17. 0:39house that seen better days, but still
  18. 0:41had good bones. After mom passed, it
  19. 0:44just made sense for me to stay put with
  20. 0:46the grandparents. Dad would come home on
  21. 0:48weekends, holidays, whatever. The house
  22. 0:50itself is solid. Four bedrooms, couple
  23. 0:53bathrooms, big kitchen, sitting on about
  24. 0:563 acres of land that backs up to some
  25. 0:58woods. But here's where dad started
  26. 1:00showing his true colors. Even as a kid,
  27. 1:03I noticed he had this thing about
  28. 1:05control. Everything had to be done his
  29. 1:07way on his timeline with his approval.
  30. 1:09He'd show up on weekends and immediately
  31. 1:12start rearranging, telling grandpa how
  32. 1:14to maintain the property properly and
  33. 1:16making decisions about my life without
  34. 1:18asking anyone. My best friend Ian lived
  35. 1:21about 10 minutes down the road, so I
  36. 1:23wasn't completely isolated. Kids been my
  37. 1:25ride or die since we were building forts
  38. 1:27in those back woods. Here's where it
  39. 1:29gets interesting, though. My mom was an
  40. 1:31only child. I'm an only child. When
  41. 1:34grandma and grandpa started declining a
  42. 1:36few years back, guess who's the only
  43. 1:38name on the will? That's right. Yours
  44. 1:41truly inherited the whole damn operation
  45. 1:43when grandpa died? House, land,
  46. 1:46grandpa's beat to hell pickup truck that
  47. 1:48somehow still runs, and a decent chunk
  48. 1:51of change they'd been sitting on. Dad
  49. 1:53used mom's life insurance to renovate
  50. 1:55parts of the house over the years. But
  51. 1:57here's the thing, he acted like he was
  52. 1:59doing me some huge favor, like I should
  53. 2:01be grateful he was investing in the
  54. 2:03place. I found out about the inheritance
  55. 2:05when the lawyer called me after
  56. 2:06grandpa's funeral. Dad was standing
  57. 2:08right there when I took that call. The
  58. 2:11look on his face when he realized I
  59. 2:12owned the house we were all living in.
  60. 2:14Not embarrassment or guilt, more like
  61. 2:17irritation, like I just complicated his
  62. 2:20life by existing. Ian was there that day
  63. 2:22helping me sort through Grandpa's tools.
  64. 2:25When dad walked away after that phone
  65. 2:27call, Ian just looked at me and said,
  66. 2:29"So, you own the house now? Damn,
  67. 2:32Thanksgiving is going to be awkward, but
  68. 2:34we never discussed it. Dad just
  69. 2:36pretended it never happened." And kept
  70. 2:38acting like he was the man of the house,
  71. 2:40making all the decisions, controlling
  72. 2:42everything from what we watched on TV to
  73. 2:44when I was allowed to have friends over.
  74. 2:47About 2 years after mom died, dad
  75. 2:49started dating again. Nothing serious at
  76. 2:52first, just random coffee dates and
  77. 2:54dinner meetups. Fast forward to about 6
  78. 2:56months ago, and he drops this bomb. He's
  79. 2:59got a serious girlfriend, a 30-year-old
  80. 3:01preschool teacher named Jennifer, who
  81. 3:03comes with two kids under 10 and enough
  82. 3:05emotional baggage to stalk a therapy
  83. 3:08practice. Jennifer's got this whole
  84. 3:10young professional mom aesthetic going
  85. 3:12on. drives a white SUV that's always
  86. 3:14spotless, wears those athleisure
  87. 3:16outfits, and has opinions about organic
  88. 3:19food that she'll share whether you ask
  89. 3:21or not. Her kids, Hunter and Paisley,
  90. 3:24because of course their names sound like
  91. 3:25a country club membership roster, are
  92. 3:28these perfectly groomed little
  93. 3:29sociopaths. The first time dad brought
  94. 3:32her to the house, she did this thing
  95. 3:34where she walked around taking mental
  96. 3:36notes like, "This needs work and that
  97. 3:38needs replacing notes." I caught her
  98. 3:40opening cabinets and checking expiration
  99. 3:42dates on stuff in the pantry. Your
  100. 3:44grandmother had such interesting taste,
  101. 3:46she said, running her finger along the
  102. 3:49vintage wallpaper. It's so authentic,
  103. 3:51very lived in. The way she said lived in
  104. 3:54made it sound like a polite way of
  105. 3:55saying trashy, but dad just ate it up.
  106. 3:58Jennifer has such great design sense. He
  107. 4:01said like she just complimented the
  108. 4:02cyine chapel. She's got so many ideas
  109. 4:05for improvements. Her kids were even
  110. 4:07worse than she was. Hunter, who's maybe
  111. 4:09eight, spent the entire visit touching
  112. 4:12everything he wasn't supposed to touch
  113. 4:14while maintaining perfect eye contact.
  114. 4:16Paisley, the six-year-old, accidentally
  115. 4:19knocked over Grandma's favorite plant
  116. 4:21and then looked at me like it was my
  117. 4:22fault for putting it where she could
  118. 4:24reach it. When I mentioned the plant,
  119. 4:26Jennifer just laughed. Oh, kids will be
  120. 4:29kids. They're just excited to be in such
  121. 4:31a big house. They're not used to having
  122. 4:33so much space to explore. Ian came by
  123. 4:36that evening and caught the tail end of
  124. 4:38their visit. After they left, he looked
  125. 4:40around the living room where Jennifer
  126. 4:42had repositioned some of Grandma's throw
  127. 4:44pillows. "Well, she seems fun," he said.
  128. 4:47"Nothing says I'm definitely not
  129. 4:49planning to redecorate your entire life,
  130. 4:52like rearranging furniture on the first
  131. 4:54visit." But dad was smitten. Started
  132. 4:56spending more money on dates, bought new
  133. 4:58clothes, got his teeth whitened, classic
  134. 5:01midlife crisis stuff. Except instead of
  135. 5:03buying a motorcycle, he'd found himself
  136. 5:06a ready-made family that came with
  137. 5:08built-in validation. Jennifer played it
  138. 5:10perfectly, asking his opinion on
  139. 5:12everything, deferring to his wisdom,
  140. 5:14letting him feel like the big, strong
  141. 5:16provider. 3 months in, she's practically
  142. 5:18moved in. Her stuff starts showing up in
  143. 5:21dad's bathroom. Her car is in the
  144. 5:23driveway more than it's at her
  145. 5:25apartment. Hunter and Paisley have
  146. 5:27claimed the guest room like they're
  147. 5:28planning to stay forever. And the kids,
  148. 5:31Jesus Christ, the kids, they went from
  149. 5:34perfectly behaved little angels to
  150. 5:36absolute demons the second they got
  151. 5:38comfortable. Hunter would accidentally
  152. 5:40break my stuff and then act confused
  153. 5:42when I got mad. Paisley would go through
  154. 5:44my room when I wasn't home and mess with
  155. 5:47my things, then deny everything when
  156. 5:49confronted. Whenever I complained, she
  157. 5:51would give me this wounded look and
  158. 5:53suggest that maybe I wasn't used to
  159. 5:55having kids around. Dad naturally took
  160. 5:57her side every time, telling me they're
  161. 6:00just kids and to cut them some slack. By
  162. 6:02month four, she wasn't even pretending
  163. 6:04anymore. She'd gone from grateful guest
  164. 6:06to woman of the house faster than you
  165. 6:08could say gold digger. It started small,
  166. 6:11rearranging the living room furniture
  167. 6:13while dad was at work, then acting like
  168. 6:15it had always been that way. replacing
  169. 6:17grandma's dish towels with her own
  170. 6:19organic cotton ones, throwing away food
  171. 6:21she didn't approve of, and replacing it
  172. 6:24with expensive organic alternatives. But
  173. 6:26the real power move was how she started
  174. 6:28treating me like I was some deadbeat
  175. 6:30nephew who'd overstayed his welcome. She
  176. 6:33started making comments about my music
  177. 6:35being too loud after 9:00 p.m. because
  178. 6:37the children needed their sleep and some
  179. 6:39of us had real jobs in the morning.
  180. 6:42Sweetie, could you try to keep your
  181. 6:43music down after 9:00 p.m.? she asked
  182. 6:46one Tuesday night while I was studying.
  183. 6:48The children need their sleep and some
  184. 6:50of us have real jobs in the morning.
  185. 6:52Like being a college student in my own
  186. 6:54house was somehow less legitimate than
  187. 6:57teaching fingerpainting to toddlers. Dad
  188. 6:59just nodded along. Like this was
  189. 7:01perfectly reasonable. She's right, son.
  190. 7:03We need to be considerate of everyone
  191. 7:05living here. Her kids got worse, too.
  192. 7:08Hunter figured out which buttons to push
  193. 7:10and started doing it. He'd wait until I
  194. 7:12was on the phone or in the middle of
  195. 7:14something important, then start making
  196. 7:16noise or asking me stupid questions. One
  197. 7:18day, he asked why I didn't have a
  198. 7:20girlfriend. And when I told him to mind
  199. 7:22his own business, he informed me that
  200. 7:24his mom said it was because I lived with
  201. 7:26my dad like a loser. "Your mom says a
  202. 7:29lot of things," I told him. "Most of
  203. 7:31them are bullshit." "I'm telling," he
  204. 7:33yelled and ran off to find Jennifer. 5
  205. 7:35minutes later, dad's in my room giving
  206. 7:37me the lecture about being a good role
  207. 7:39model and watching my language around
  208. 7:41the children. Jennifer stood behind him
  209. 7:44with this wounded expression that would
  210. 7:45have won her an Oscar, explaining how
  211. 7:48inappropriate it was for me to use that
  212. 7:50kind of language with Hunter. Dad's face
  213. 7:53went red and he demanded I apologize.
  214. 7:56For what? I asked. For telling the
  215. 7:59truth, for being disrespectful to
  216. 8:01Jennifer and setting a bad example for
  217. 8:03the kids, he said. I told him I wasn't
  218. 8:05apologizing for anything. That's when
  219. 8:08Jennifer's mask slipped for just a
  220. 8:10second. She commented how maybe it was
  221. 8:12time I started acting like part of the
  222. 8:14family instead of some entitled
  223. 8:16teenager. That night, I found Paisley in
  224. 8:19my room again. This time going through
  225. 8:21my desk drawers. "What are you doing
  226. 8:23here?" I asked. She looked up at me with
  227. 8:26those dead shark eyes kids get when
  228. 8:28they're planning something evil. Mommy
  229. 8:30said I could look for paper for my art
  230. 8:32project. Mommy doesn't get to give
  231. 8:34permission for my room. Get out. You're
  232. 8:36mean, she said. But she was smiling when
  233. 8:39she said it. Mommy says you're just
  234. 8:42jealous because daddy loves us more now.
  235. 8:44I escorted her out and locked my door.
  236. 8:47This kid was repeating her mother had
  237. 8:49said about me. Jennifer was literally
  238. 8:51poisoning her kids against me. The final
  239. 8:53straw came that Sunday when I came home
  240. 8:55from Ian to find Jennifer had rearranged
  241. 8:58my room. My desk was in a different
  242. 9:00corner. My posters had been taken down
  243. 9:02and my bed was made with different
  244. 9:04sheets. "What the are you doing?" I said
  245. 9:07when I found her in the hallway.
  246. 9:08"Language," she said automatically. "I
  247. 9:11was just organizing things a bit. Your
  248. 9:13room was starting to affect the energy
  249. 9:15of the whole house. You went into my
  250. 9:17room without permission and moved my
  251. 9:19stuff around." I knocked, but you
  252. 9:21weren't home. I thought you wouldn't
  253. 9:23mind. It looks so much better now, don't
  254. 9:25you think? Dad appeared from the kitchen
  255. 9:27like he'd been waiting for this
  256. 9:28conversation. What's the problem? She
  257. 9:31was trying to help. Maybe you should be
  258. 9:33grateful instead of starting arguments.
  259. 9:35When I said she went through my personal
  260. 9:37space without asking, Jennifer jumped in
  261. 9:39with that preschool teacher voice,
  262. 9:41explaining that this was a shared living
  263. 9:43space and we all needed to be
  264. 9:45considerate of each other. My room was
  265. 9:47visible from the hallway and frankly it
  266. 9:49was bringing down the whole energy of
  267. 9:51the house. I pointed out that it was my
  268. 9:53room. Dad's jaw tightened. We all live
  269. 9:56here and we all need to contribute to
  270. 9:58making it a pleasant environment.
  271. 10:00Jennifer stepped forward with this
  272. 10:01wounded expression, saying she was just
  273. 10:04trying to help make this place feel more
  274. 10:06like a home for everyone. She was sorry
  275. 10:08if I felt like she overstepped, but
  276. 10:10maybe we could work together to find
  277. 10:12solutions that work for the whole
  278. 10:13family. I told her I didn't want her
  279. 10:15help. I wanted her to stay out of my
  280. 10:17room and stop moving my around. Watch
  281. 10:19your tongue, kid. Dad demanded number.
  282. 10:22You people better mind your business and
  283. 10:24stop thinking you run this place.
  284. 10:26Enough. You need to apologize for her
  285. 10:28now. I looked at Jennifer, who was
  286. 10:30standing there with this perfect victim
  287. 10:32expression, waiting for me to fold. Then
  288. 10:35I looked at Dad, who clearly expected me
  289. 10:37to back down and play along. No, what
  290. 10:40did you just say? I said, "No, I'm not
  291. 10:43apologizing for being upset." Dad's face
  292. 10:46went purple. I was being completely
  293. 10:48unreasonable. Jennifer was trying to
  294. 10:50build a life here and I was acting like
  295. 10:52a spoiled brat. Jennifer put her hand on
  296. 10:54his arm in this supportive gesture and
  297. 10:56suggested maybe we should all take a
  298. 10:58step back and cool off. She never meant
  299. 11:00to cause problems. She just wanted us
  300. 11:02all to be happy together. She was good
  301. 11:04playing the peacemaker while dad did her
  302. 11:06dirty work. I told them I was going to
  303. 11:09Ian and walked out. When I got back that
  304. 11:11night, I found a note on my door. House
  305. 11:14rules for respectful cohabitation with a
  306. 11:17list of expectations, including 24-hour
  307. 11:19notice before having guests over, quiet
  308. 11:22hours from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., and
  309. 11:25shared responsibility for common areas.
  310. 11:28Interesting. 3 weeks later, I'm minding
  311. 11:30my own business on a Tuesday night,
  312. 11:32trying to write a paper for my class.
  313. 11:34Dad's been home for exactly 2 hours, and
  314. 11:37she's already got him moving furniture
  315. 11:39around because the flow isn't right.
  316. 11:41They disappear into his room for about
  317. 11:42an hour. then call me into the living
  318. 11:45room for a family meeting. I'm thinking
  319. 11:47maybe they're finally going to announce
  320. 11:48they're moving in together officially.
  321. 11:51Boy, was I wrong. Jennifer delivers the
  322. 11:53news like she just announced she'd been
  323. 11:55crowned Miss Universe. I'm pregnant.
  324. 11:58Dad's beaming like he just won the
  325. 12:00lottery. Jennifer's glowing with this
  326. 12:02smug satisfaction that screams, "I've
  327. 12:05locked this down." Hunter and Paisley
  328. 12:07are sitting there like they've been
  329. 12:09coached on the appropriate response. And
  330. 12:11I'm thinking, well, there goes the
  331. 12:14neighborhood. That's great.
  332. 12:16Congratulations.
  333. 12:17But Jennifer's not done. She's got this
  334. 12:19whole speech prepared, delivered with
  335. 12:21the kind of fake sweetness that makes
  336. 12:23your teeth hurt and the entitlement of
  337. 12:25someone who thinks she just won the
  338. 12:27property lottery. We've been talking
  339. 12:29about the future, she starts. And I can
  340. 12:31already tell this isn't going to be
  341. 12:32good. With the baby coming, we're going
  342. 12:35to need to make some major changes
  343. 12:36around here. more space, better
  344. 12:39organization, a proper nursery, adult
  345. 12:41living arrangements. Dad's nodding
  346. 12:43along. So, we were thinking maybe it's
  347. 12:46time for you to experience some
  348. 12:48independence. You know, like other
  349. 12:50people your age living as adults. Dad
  350. 12:53jumps in with the confidence of a man
  351. 12:54who thinks he runs the place. Most of
  352. 12:57people your age moved out. It's time you
  353. 12:59have some responsibility. You want me to
  354. 13:01move out? I asked. Jennifer jumped in
  355. 13:03with this practiced answer. There's this
  356. 13:05wonderful apartment I have in the city.
  357. 13:07I don't go there anymore, Spice. I'm
  358. 13:09spending most of my time here. You know,
  359. 13:12I can rent it to you at a significant
  360. 13:13discount, way below market rate. When I
  361. 13:16ask how much of a discount, she explains
  362. 13:18that market rate for that area is about
  363. 13:201,500,
  364. 13:22but she'd only charge me 1,200.
  365. 13:25Really a steal for someone in my
  366. 13:27situation. And what happens to this
  367. 13:29place? Well, Jennifer's got great ideas
  368. 13:31for making it more functional for a
  369. 13:33growing family. The baby will need a
  370. 13:35nursery and the kids need proper rooms.
  371. 13:38Your room would be the perfect nursery
  372. 13:40space. My room, the room I've lived in
  373. 13:42since I was 12. But wait, there's more.
  374. 13:46Also, Jennifer continued, "My mother has
  375. 13:48agreed to move in temporarily to help
  376. 13:50with the baby. She'll need the guest
  377. 13:52room." I look at Dad, waiting for him to
  378. 13:55say something. Anything? Br. Nope. He's
  379. 13:59just sitting there and nodding along to
  380. 14:01everything she says. So, I decided to
  381. 14:03play along to see how far they'll go.
  382. 14:06That's interesting. I'll think about it.
  383. 14:08Jennifer's smile gets a lot tighter.
  384. 14:10Great. But, you know, waiting for too
  385. 14:13long would be limiting everyone
  386. 14:14involved, so think fast. Okay. I texted
  387. 14:18Ian as soon as they went back to their
  388. 14:20room about needing an emergency drink
  389. 14:21run. He showed up 20 minutes later, took
  390. 14:24one look at my face. Dude, you look like
  391. 14:26someone just pissed in your cereal. Tell
  392. 14:29me about it. I told him everything.
  393. 14:31classic. He said, "Nothing says family
  394. 14:34values like kicking the owner to make
  395. 14:36room for grandma." 2 weeks after the
  396. 14:38pregnancy announcement, I came home from
  397. 14:40my afternoon classes to find Jennifer in
  398. 14:42my room with cardboard boxes, packing up
  399. 14:44my stuff like I'd already agreed to move
  400. 14:46out. Not just standing in the doorway
  401. 14:49this time, actually in my room, going
  402. 14:51through my closet, wrapping up my mom's
  403. 14:53pictures and newspaper, and boxing up
  404. 14:55books like she was preparing for a yard
  405. 14:58sale. When I asked what the heck she was
  406. 15:00doing, she looked up with this bright
  407. 15:01smile like I just walked in on her
  408. 15:03organizing a charity drive. Hi, sweetie.
  409. 15:06I'm just helping you get started with
  410. 15:08packing. Your father and I decided it
  411. 15:10would be better to get you moved sooner
  412. 15:12rather than later. So, I thought I'd
  413. 15:14give you a head start. My father and I
  414. 15:16decided. Nobody asked me what I decided.
  415. 15:19She kept that sickeningly sweet tone.
  416. 15:21Well, honey, you've had 2 weeks to think
  417. 15:24about it. And really, what's there to
  418. 15:26think about? This is obviously the best
  419. 15:29solution for everyone. She held up one
  420. 15:31of my mom's framed pictures like she was
  421. 15:33examining it for flaws. Besides, some of
  422. 15:36this stuff probably needs to be updated
  423. 15:38anyway. You can't hold on to childhood
  424. 15:40things forever. Put that down and get
  425. 15:42out of my room now. Now, she said in
  426. 15:45that condescending preschool teacher
  427. 15:46voice, "There's no need to be
  428. 15:48unpleasant. I'm trying to help you
  429. 15:50transition to adult living. This is
  430. 15:52exciting. Your own place, real
  431. 15:54independence." When I repeated my demand
  432. 15:57for her to get out, Jennifer sat down
  433. 15:59the picture and straightened up. For the
  434. 16:01first time since I'd met her, the mask
  435. 16:03completely dropped. "Listen, little
  436. 16:05boy," she said, her voice sharp enough
  437. 16:07to cut glass. "I'm pregnant with your
  438. 16:09father's child. This house needs to work
  439. 16:12for a real family, not some overgrown
  440. 16:14teenager who can't handle the idea of
  441. 16:16growing up. You can either pack your
  442. 16:18stuff like an adult, or I can have your
  443. 16:20father explain to you why this isn't
  444. 16:22negotiable anymore. This isn't your
  445. 16:24house. You don't get to pack my stuff.
  446. 16:26Actually, she said, picking up another
  447. 16:29box and continuing like I hadn't spoken.
  448. 16:31Your father and I have discussed this
  449. 16:33extensively. We've already paid the
  450. 16:35deposit on the apartment and you're
  451. 16:37moving out this weekend. The movers come
  452. 16:39Monday to pick up your things. Movers.
  453. 16:42They'd hired movers for my stuff without
  454. 16:44asking me. When I said they couldn't do
  455. 16:46this, she told me they already did. The
  456. 16:49lease is signed, the deposit is paid,
  457. 16:51and frankly, you should be grateful
  458. 16:53we're handling all the logistics for
  459. 16:55you. Most parents would make their
  460. 16:57children figure this out on their own.
  461. 16:59That's when dad walked in, and I could
  462. 17:01tell from his expression that he knew
  463. 17:03exactly what was happening. This wasn't
  464. 17:05Jennifer going rogue. This was their
  465. 17:07plan. Dad, what the hell is this? We
  466. 17:10decided it's better to just rip the
  467. 17:12band-aid off. You've been dragging your
  468. 17:14feet on this decision, so we made it for
  469. 17:16you. You made it for me. Dad used that
  470. 17:18patronizing tone he'd perfected over the
  471. 17:20years. Look, this is happening whether
  472. 17:22you like it or not. You can either be
  473. 17:24mature about it and work with us, or you
  474. 17:27can throw a tantrum like a child. But
  475. 17:29either way, you're moving out this
  476. 17:30weekend. I looked between them, Dad
  477. 17:33standing there like he was delivering
  478. 17:35some tough love life lesson. Jennifer
  479. 17:37smirking behind him like she just won
  480. 17:39the lottery. And they'd obviously
  481. 17:41planned this whole thing. When I asked
  482. 17:43what would happen if I refused, Dad's
  483. 17:45face went hard. Then they'd pack my
  484. 17:47stuff for me and put it in storage. I
  485. 17:50was an adult now, and it was time I
  486. 17:51started acting like one. This house was
  487. 17:54for families, not overgrown kids who
  488. 17:56couldn't handle change. Overgrown kids.
  489. 17:59My own father called me an overgrown kid
  490. 18:01for not wanting to be evicted from my
  491. 18:02own house. Jennifer helpfully added that
  492. 18:05I had until Sunday. The cleaning lady
  493. 18:07needed time to prepare the room for the
  494. 18:09nursery furniture delivery. I pulled out
  495. 18:12my phone and started recording, asking
  496. 18:14them to say that again about moving me
  497. 18:16out of my house. Dad's face went red and
  498. 18:18he told me to put that away. This was a
  499. 18:21family discussion, not some social media
  500. 18:23drama. I kept recording and asked him to
  501. 18:25clarify. They were evicting me from this
  502. 18:28house, the house that belongs to me.
  503. 18:30Jennifer snapped that it belonged to
  504. 18:32this family and families make decisions
  505. 18:34together. I didn't get to hold everyone
  506. 18:36hostage because of some paperwork
  507. 18:38technicality. paperwork technicality.
  508. 18:41Property ownership was a paperwork
  509. 18:43technicality. Dad, whose name is on the
  510. 18:46deed, pure awkward silence. While Dad
  511. 18:48realized he'd never actually checked the
  512. 18:50paperwork from when grandpa died. When
  513. 18:52he finally admitted that legally, yes,
  514. 18:55the house was in my name, but started to
  515. 18:57say, "But," I cut him off. There was no
  516. 19:01but. Legally, this was my house. And he
  517. 19:04just told me he was evicting me from my
  518. 19:06own property. That's when Jennifer
  519. 19:08finally understood what was happening
  520. 19:10and her face went through about six
  521. 19:12different emotions before settling on
  522. 19:14barely controlled panic. That that can't
  523. 19:16be right, she said slowly. You're just a
  524. 19:19student. This student does. I showed her
  525. 19:22the phone screen. Inherited it from my
  526. 19:24grandparents when they died. House,
  527. 19:27land, everything. All mine. Jennifer sat
  528. 19:31down hard on my bed, still holding one
  529. 19:33of my boxed up books. But your father,
  530. 19:36he pays for everything, utilities and
  531. 19:39upkeep. Yeah. On my property like a
  532. 19:42tenant. He renovated this place with my
  533. 19:44mom's life insurance money to improve my
  534. 19:47house. The color drained from her face
  535. 19:49as she realized her entire plan had just
  536. 19:52imploded. So when we when I when you
  537. 19:55decided to evict me from my own house
  538. 19:57and turn my bedroom into your nursery
  539. 19:59without asking, yeah, that's not going
  540. 20:01to fly. Dad was quiet for a long moment,
  541. 20:04and when he finally spoke, his voice had
  542. 20:07that dangerous edge it got when he was
  543. 20:09really pissed off. "Fine," he said.
  544. 20:11"It's my house, but I was still 21 years
  545. 20:14old and I was still his son, and I was
  546. 20:17still going to do what he told me to
  547. 20:18do." "Actually, no, I wasn't." He said
  548. 20:21we'd see about that and walked out.
  549. 20:24Jennifer stayed sitting on my bed,
  550. 20:26staring at the boxes of my stuff she'd
  551. 20:28been packing like they were evidence of
  552. 20:30a crime. She said this was insane. I
  553. 20:32couldn't just This wasn't how families
  554. 20:34work. You're right. Families don't
  555. 20:37usually steal each other's houses. She
  556. 20:39looked up at me with pure hatred. You
  557. 20:41little You have no idea what you just
  558. 20:43done. I am pregnant and we need the
  559. 20:45house more than you do. Maybe you should
  560. 20:47have asked nicely. This isn't over. Good
  561. 20:49luck with that. I I texted Ian
  562. 20:52immediately about deploying the nuclear
  563. 20:54option. They tried to pack my stuff
  564. 20:56without permission. His response came
  565. 20:58back in seconds asking how they took the
  566. 21:00property ownership revelation. About as
  567. 21:02well as you'd expect, I told him. Dad's
  568. 21:05having an alpha male meltdown and
  569. 21:07Jennifer looks like she just watched her
  570. 21:09master plan burn to the ground. After
  571. 21:11the attempted forced eviction, I spent
  572. 21:13the weekend doing research, not
  573. 21:15homework. The kind of research that
  574. 21:17would help me figure out exactly how to
  575. 21:19make these people's lives as miserable
  576. 21:22as they tried to make mine. Ian came
  577. 21:24over Saturday morning with coffee and
  578. 21:26his laptop for what he called war
  579. 21:28council time. All right. What's the
  580. 21:30plan? I told him the plan. I was
  581. 21:32evicting them, both of them. Even your
  582. 21:35dad? Especially my dad. He made his
  583. 21:38choice when he tried to force me out of
  584. 21:39my own house. Ian grinned. Ruthless. I
  585. 21:43like it. What do you need? We spent the
  586. 21:45morning researching tenant rights,
  587. 21:47eviction procedures, and property law.
  588. 21:50Turns out when you let people establish
  589. 21:52residency in your house, which Dad and
  590. 21:54Jennifer had definitely done, getting
  591. 21:56them out requires proper legal channels.
  592. 21:59But when you own the property and
  593. 22:00they're not on any lease, you've got
  594. 22:02most of the power. Ian found the
  595. 22:04relevant laws. In this state, you need
  596. 22:07to give 30 days written notice for
  597. 22:09month-to-month tenants. But if they're
  598. 22:11not paying rent and there's no lease
  599. 22:13agreement, it's considered teny at will,
  600. 22:15and you can terminate it with notice, 30
  601. 22:18days notice. But here was the fun part.
  602. 22:20If they refused to leave after notice, I
  603. 22:23could file for eviction and have them
  604. 22:25legally removed. When I asked about
  605. 22:27damages, like if they'd been living
  606. 22:29there rentree, Ian found the beautiful
  607. 22:31part. I could sue for fair market rent
  608. 22:33for the entire time they'd been there
  609. 22:35without a lease, plus any damages to the
  610. 22:38property. I calculated quickly. Dad had
  611. 22:41been living there rentree for 9 years.
  612. 22:43Jennifer and her kids for about 6 months
  613. 22:46at market rates for a four-bedroom house
  614. 22:48in our area. We were talking about
  615. 22:50serious money. Dad would owe me about
  616. 22:52$200,000 in back rent. Jennifer would
  617. 22:55owe about $15,000 just for the time
  618. 22:58she'd been there. Ian whistled. That's
  619. 23:00some expensive house playing. Monday
  620. 23:02morning, I went to the courthouse and
  621. 23:04filed the paperwork. Tuesday, I went to
  622. 23:07a lawyer to make sure I was doing
  623. 23:09everything by the book. Wednesday, I had
  624. 23:12the eviction notices printed up on
  625. 23:13official letterhead. Thursday evening, I
  626. 23:16waited for them both to be home, then
  627. 23:18called a family meeting in the living
  628. 23:20room. "We need to talk," I said, setting
  629. 23:23the folder of legal documents on the
  630. 23:25coffee table. "Dad was still in his post
  631. 23:27superiority mode. If this is about your
  632. 23:29attitude problem, I don't want to hear
  633. 23:31it. You've been acting like a spoiled
  634. 23:33brat, and it needs to stop. Actually,
  635. 23:36this is about your housing situation."
  636. 23:38Jennifer was sitting next to him, one
  637. 23:40hand on her belly like she was
  638. 23:42protecting the baby from my bad vibes.
  639. 23:44What about our housing situation? I
  640. 23:46opened the folder and pulled out the
  641. 23:48eviction notices. You're both being
  642. 23:50evicted. 30 days notice effective
  643. 23:52immediately. The silence that followed
  644. 23:55was beautiful. Dad picked up his notice
  645. 23:57and read it like it was written in a
  646. 23:59Sumerian. What the hell is this? It's an
  647. 24:01eviction notice. You have 30 days to
  648. 24:03find alternative housing and vacate the
  649. 24:05premises. He exploded. You can't do
  650. 24:08this. I'm your father, you little. Watch
  651. 24:11me. Jennifer screamed. That's illegal.
  652. 24:14You can't kick a pregnant woman.
  653. 24:16Actually, I can, but we don't pay rent.
  654. 24:19She said like that was some kind of
  655. 24:20gotcha. Exactly. They were tenants at
  656. 24:23will, which meant they had even fewer
  657. 24:25rights than people with leases. Dad
  658. 24:28stood up and I could see that vein in
  659. 24:30his forehead. That meant he was about to
  660. 24:32lose his completely. He called this the
  661. 24:35most ungrateful, disrespectful thing I'd
  662. 24:37ever done. After everything he'd
  663. 24:39sacrificed for me, he went off about how
  664. 24:41he raised me, put money into this place,
  665. 24:44and had been taking care of everything,
  666. 24:46and now he could take care of his own
  667. 24:48housing like every other adult on the
  668. 24:50planet. Jennifer was reading through the
  669. 24:52notice again, and I could see the exact
  670. 24:54moment she found the part about back
  671. 24:56rent. She asked what this was about,
  672. 24:59owed compensation for unlawful
  673. 25:01occupancy. That was the lawsuit I was
  674. 25:04filing for the rent they should have
  675. 25:05been paying this whole time. Fair market
  676. 25:07value for a four-bedroom house
  677. 25:09calculated monthly for the duration of
  678. 25:11their unauthorized residency. When dad
  679. 25:13asked how much, I told him. For him,
  680. 25:16about 200,000. For Jennifer and her
  681. 25:19kids, 15,000 in counting. The color
  682. 25:22drained from both their faces. Jennifer
  683. 25:24whispered, "You can't be serious. Dead
  684. 25:27serious. But I wasn't completely
  685. 25:29heartless. They could avoid the lawsuit
  686. 25:31by vacating within 30 days and signing
  687. 25:34an agreement not to pursue any claims
  688. 25:36against the property. Dad sat back down
  689. 25:38hard and asked about $200,000.
  690. 25:42That's what it cost to live in a house
  691. 25:43like this for 9 years. Who knew?
  692. 25:46Jennifer's voice got shrill saying this
  693. 25:48was insane. They were going to be
  694. 25:50homeless. She was pregnant. Not my
  695. 25:52problem. They should have thought about
  696. 25:54that before they tried to steal my
  697. 25:56house. Dad was quiet for a long time,
  698. 25:59staring at the eviction notice like it
  699. 26:00might change if he looked at it hard
  700. 26:02enough. When he finally asked where they
  701. 26:04were supposed to go, I suggested
  702. 26:06anywhere but here. Jennifer had that
  703. 26:08apartment, right? The one she was so
  704. 26:10eager to rent to me. That's a
  705. 26:12one-bedroom, she said. We can't fit
  706. 26:14three adults and two kids in a
  707. 26:16one-bedroom apartment. Three adults? I
  708. 26:19asked her. My father and her mother, she
  709. 26:22explained. I laughed. Oh. She thought
  710. 26:25her mother was still invited to this
  711. 26:26party. That was adorable. Dad said he
  712. 26:30couldn't do this. He didn't have
  713. 26:31anywhere to go. All his money was tied
  714. 26:33up in this place. His money was tied up
  715. 26:36in my place. And now he knew how it felt
  716. 26:38to be told he had to leave. Jennifer
  717. 26:41started crying. The angry, frustrated
  718. 26:43sobs of someone whose manipulation
  719. 26:45tactics weren't working anymore. She
  720. 26:47went on about how unfair this was. how
  721. 26:50they were building a life together and
  722. 26:52were going to be a family. But the baby,
  723. 26:54she wailed, the baby she got pregnant
  724. 26:56with to lock down my dad. That baby. Her
  725. 26:59crying stopped instantly. And the look
  726. 27:01she gave me was pure hatred. You don't
  727. 27:04know what you're talking about. Really?
  728. 27:06Let me guess. Birth control failure,
  729. 27:08happy accident, surprise pregnancy that
  730. 27:11just happened to occur right when you
  731. 27:13needed to cement your position in the
  732. 27:14house. Silence. Ian showed up the next
  733. 27:17morning with donuts and a eating grin,
  734. 27:19asking how they took their eviction
  735. 27:21notices. Like you'd expect, I told him.
  736. 27:24Lots of crying, threats, and disbelief
  737. 27:27that actions have consequences. Your
  738. 27:29dad, too, he asked. My dad's having an
  739. 27:32existential crisis about owing me 200
  740. 27:34grand in back rent. Beautiful, he said.
  741. 27:38Justice is a dish best served with legal
  742. 27:40paperwork. The next month was
  743. 27:42magnificent to watch. Dad tried
  744. 27:44everything. lawyer consultations,
  745. 27:47couldn't afford to fight it, emotional
  746. 27:49manipulation about being my father and
  747. 27:51this being our family home, and even
  748. 27:53attempted bribes about signing the house
  749. 27:55over to me officially and calling it
  750. 27:57even. News flash, I already owned the
  751. 28:00house. Signing it over to me would be
  752. 28:02like giving me my own birthday present.
  753. 28:04Jennifer went full scorched earth. She
  754. 28:06called my university to complain about
  755. 28:08my unstable home environment. Called the
  756. 28:11police to report a domestic disturbance
  757. 28:13when I asked her to move her car. Even
  758. 28:15tried to call CPS on herself, claiming I
  759. 28:18was creating an unsafe environment for
  760. 28:20children, which backfired when they
  761. 28:22pointed out that maybe she shouldn't
  762. 28:24have her kids living somewhere she felt
  763. 28:26unsafe. Finding housing for an
  764. 28:28unemployed pregnant woman, her two kids,
  765. 28:30a 52-year-old man with mediocre credit,
  766. 28:33and potentially a grandmother. All on
  767. 28:36dad's construction salary turned out to
  768. 28:38be harder than they thought. Week four.
  769. 28:40Dad suggested maybe they could work out
  770. 28:42some kind of arrangement. He could pay
  771. 28:44me rent to stay. Market rate. They could
  772. 28:47make it official. I said no. He started
  773. 28:49to argue, but I cut him off. Nope. He'd
  774. 28:52had the chance to treat me with respect
  775. 28:54and have a conversation like adults.
  776. 28:56Instead, he tried to force me out of my
  777. 28:58own house. Actions have consequences,
  778. 29:01but I'm your father. He said, "Yeah, and
  779. 29:03you're also the guy who tried to evict
  780. 29:05me from my own property to make room for
  781. 29:07your girlfriend's mother, father of the
  782. 29:09year material right there." That's when
  783. 29:12the real fireworks started. Jennifer
  784. 29:14filed a complaint claiming I was
  785. 29:16evicting her because of her pregnancy
  786. 29:17status. The hearing was beautiful.
  787. 29:19Jennifer had to explain that she was
  788. 29:21dad's girlfriend, had been living there
  789. 29:236 months, had no lease, and paid zero
  790. 29:26rent. Then I got to tell the judge how
  791. 29:28they'd tried to force me out of my own
  792. 29:30house and convert my bedroom into a
  793. 29:32nursery without my permission. The judge
  794. 29:34basically told her, "You can't claim
  795. 29:36pregnancy discrimination when you're
  796. 29:38being evicted for trying to illegally
  797. 29:40evict the actual property owner." Case
  798. 29:42dismissed. But wait, but the real bomb
  799. 29:46came during week five. And you're not
  800. 29:48going to believe what happened. I was at
  801. 29:50Ian's place when dad called and his
  802. 29:52voice sounded weird, shaky. We need to
  803. 29:54talk, he said. About what? You've got
  804. 29:57three days left to move out. About the
  805. 29:59baby. Something in his tone made me pay
  806. 30:02attention. What about it? Can you come
  807. 30:04home? I need to show you something. I
  808. 30:06found dad sitting at the kitchen table
  809. 30:08with a stack of papers in front of him.
  810. 30:10He looked like he'd aged 10 years in the
  811. 30:12past month. He slid a paper across the
  812. 30:14table. Paternity test results. "The baby
  813. 30:17isn't mine," he said quietly. I stared
  814. 30:20at the paper. "What do you mean?
  815. 30:22Jennifer had been lying this whole time.
  816. 30:25How did he find out? She'd wanted him to
  817. 30:27sign up for better health insurance at
  818. 30:29work to cover the pregnancy. The
  819. 30:31insurance company required blood work
  820. 30:33for pre-existing conditions. They ran
  821. 30:35some genetic screening panels. Turns out
  822. 30:37he couldn't be the father. Wrong blood
  823. 30:40type. So, whose baby was it? Her
  824. 30:43ex-husband's. Apparently, they were
  825. 30:45still sleeping together when she started
  826. 30:47dating dad. The whole thing was a setup.
  827. 30:50Where was she now? Upstairs. He'd
  828. 30:53confronted her this morning. She tried
  829. 30:55to claim the test was wrong, that maybe
  830. 30:57it was a mixup at the lab. Then she
  831. 30:59tried to say it didn't matter because
  832. 31:00he'd be a better father than her ex
  833. 31:02anyway. When that didn't work, she said
  834. 31:04he was abandoning her and the baby, and
  835. 31:07how could he be so cruel to throw out a
  836. 31:09pregnant woman? He told her she had
  837. 31:11until tonight to get out or he'd call
  838. 31:13the police and report her for fraud. She
  839. 31:16called him a heartless bastard and said,
  840. 31:18"This was all my fault for being a
  841. 31:20selfish little who couldn't handle
  842. 31:21having a real family." I almost laughed,
  843. 31:24even caught red-handed lying about
  844. 31:26paternity. She was still blaming me.
  845. 31:29"So, what happens now?" I asked. Dad was
  846. 31:32quiet for a long time. I screwed up bad.
  847. 31:35I chose a woman I barely knew over my
  848. 31:37own son. I tried to kick you out of your
  849. 31:39own house for someone who was lying to
  850. 31:41me from day one. Yeah, you did. I know
  851. 31:44you probably hate me right now, and you
  852. 31:46have every right to, but I'm hoping
  853. 31:48maybe we could work something out. I
  854. 31:50don't have anywhere to go and I know I
  855. 31:52don't deserve any help from you, but no.
  856. 31:55The word hung in the air between us. You
  857. 31:57made your choice. You chose her over me.
  858. 32:00You tried to force me out of my own
  859. 32:02house. You called me ungrateful and
  860. 32:04disrespectful for not wanting to be
  861. 32:07homeless. You don't get to come crawling
  862. 32:09back now that your gold digger
  863. 32:10girlfriend turned out to be exactly what
  864. 32:12everyone except you could see she was.
  865. 32:14But I'm your father. Yeah. And I'm your
  866. 32:18son. didn't stop you from trying to
  867. 32:19evict me. Dad looked down at the
  868. 32:21paternity test results and said he knew
  869. 32:23he messed up. He knew he didn't deserve
  870. 32:25forgiveness, but he was asking anyway. I
  871. 32:28told Dad he really wanted to know what I
  872. 32:30thought. He nodded. I think you're a
  873. 32:3252-year-old man who got manipulated by a
  874. 32:3530-year-old con artist because you were
  875. 32:37thinking with your dick instead of your
  876. 32:39brain. I think you were so desperate to
  877. 32:41feel young and needed that you ignored
  878. 32:43every red flag she threw up. And I think
  879. 32:46when push came to shove, you chose over
  880. 32:48your own son. He flinched like I'd
  881. 32:50slapped him. And now that it's all blown
  882. 32:52up in your face, you want me to forget
  883. 32:54that you tried to steal my inheritance
  884. 32:56and kick me out of my own house. He
  885. 32:59started to say it wasn't like that, but
  886. 33:00I cut him off. It was exactly like that.
  887. 33:03You just got caught. Dad was quiet for a
  888. 33:06long time. So what happens now? He
  889. 33:08asked. Now you move out as we agreed.
  890. 33:11That night, Jennifer left. No big scene,
  891. 33:14no dramatic goodbye. Just packed her and
  892. 33:16disappeared with her kids. Dad moved out
  893. 33:19two days later. Rented a one-bedroom
  894. 33:21apartment across town and took only his
  895. 33:24personal stuff. Left behind all the
  896. 33:26furniture he'd bought, all the
  897. 33:27improvements he'd made, everything he'd
  898. 33:30invested in the house that was never
  899. 33:31his. Ian came over the day after Dad
  900. 33:34left, bringing drinks and pizza. He
  901. 33:36asked. You'll ever forgive him? He
  902. 33:39asked. Maybe, but not today. and not
  903. 33:42because he got caught being an idiot.
  904. 33:44Fair enough, he said. So, what's the
  905. 33:47plan now? Finish school, enjoy living in
  906. 33:50my own house without anyone trying to
  907. 33:52steal it. Maybe get a dog. Sounds like a
  908. 33:55plan. 3 months later, Dad started
  909. 33:57calling, apologizing, asking how I was
  910. 34:00doing, wondering if we could grab lunch
  911. 34:02or maybe he could stop by to pick up
  912. 34:04some tools he'd left behind. I let the
  913. 34:06calls go to voicemail. 6 months later,
  914. 34:09he showed up at the house unannounced,
  915. 34:11looking like he'd lost weight and wasn't
  916. 34:13sleeping well. "I know you don't want to
  917. 34:15see me," he said when I opened the door.
  918. 34:17"But I needed to try. I miss you. I miss
  919. 34:20us. You should have thought about that
  920. 34:22before you tried to kick me out. I know
  921. 34:24I screwed up. I know I don't deserve
  922. 34:26another chance, but I'm asking anyway."
  923. 34:28I looked at him standing on my porch,
  924. 34:30smaller, somehow older, broken down.
  925. 34:33"You made your decision when it
  926. 34:35mattered," I told him. Now I'm making
  927. 34:37mine. I closed the door. The house
  928. 34:40stayed mine. Dad stayed gone. And
  929. 34:43sometimes that's exactly how it should.
  930. 34:45Just when you think betrayal can't get
  931. 34:47any worse, another story changes
  932. 34:49everything. If you enjoy shocking
  933. 34:51secrets, relationship drama, and
  934. 34:54satisfying consequences, consider
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  936. 34:59Thank you so much for watching and I'll
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