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0:00Emily, is Grandpa behaving himself? Oh,
0:02yes. Well, sort of. He injured his leg.
0:06Old people can be such a nuisance
0:07sometimes. I wish they'd think about
0:09those of us who have to take care of
0:11them.
0:12Patricia, that's not a nice thing to
0:14say. It's fine. He's already declining
0:17quite a bit. I can't handle the fuss
0:19about people, but you're used to it, so
0:22you'll be fine. The other day, my
0:24husband's grandfather, Michael, fell in
0:26the garden and injured his leg. It's not
0:28a serious injury, but he's already 82
0:31years old. Because of his age, we've had
0:33him rest in bed just to be safe so it
0:35doesn't get worse. My mother-in-law
0:38won't even go near him, let alone take
0:40care of him. I'm Emily, 30 years old. I
0:43got married 3 years ago and live with my
0:45husband Daniel's family. My husband was
0:47my boss at the company where I worked, a
0:49company founded by his grandfather. When
0:52I joined 8 years ago, my father-in-law
0:54was already the president and my
0:56grandfather-in-law was the chairman. But
0:58back then, the grandfather was still
1:00handling all the important tasks and
1:02responsibilities of the company. Two
1:04years ago, when Grandpa turned 80, he
1:06remained chairman but handed over most
1:08of the public duties to my
1:09father-in-law.
1:11Michael, you've worked hard all this
1:13time.
1:14Now, leave the company matters to
1:15Christopher and take it easy. My
1:17mother-in-law said with a smile.
1:20But her words sounded sarcastic to me.
1:22Grandfather-in-law is a bit stubborn,
1:24but a fair and kind person with a good
1:26reputation. In contrast, my
1:28father-in-law seemed somewhat immature,
1:31never expressing his opinions clearly
1:33and utterly unreliable compared to
1:35Grandpa.
1:36And he always does whatever my
1:37mother-in-law says.
1:39My grandmother-in-law has already passed
1:41away and I never met her.
1:44My husband and I started dating when we
1:46worked together on the same product
1:48planning team, 3 years after I joined
1:50the company. My husband, who was
1:52energetically leading the team, seemed
1:54reliable to me, though a bit
1:55self-righteous. Maybe I felt that way
1:57because I lost my father early and grew
2:00up with just my mother. My mother also
2:02passed away from illness 2 years ago and
2:04now I have no family other than my
2:06in-laws. Shortly after I got married, my
2:08mother fell ill and needed care. So, I
2:11quit my job to take care of her. The
2:13fact that my husband's family didn't
2:15object was probably due to a single
2:17comment from Grandpa.
2:19It's only natural to take care of the
2:20mother who raised you alone. Don't worry
2:23and take good care of her.
2:25Thanks to that, I was able to be by my
2:26mother's side every day for a year
2:29without financial worries until she
2:30passed away. My mother-in-law seemed a
2:33bit dissatisfied, but I was truly
2:35grateful.
2:36However, since Grandpa handed over the
2:38company to my father-in-law, everyone's
2:41attitudes towards him have gradually
2:43changed. They no longer listen to his
2:45opinions as much and I can't shake the
2:47feeling that they're treating him
2:48carelessly. At first, I thought it was
2:50just my imagination, but watching my
2:52mother-in-law and husband's behavior, I
2:55can't help but feel that way. My
2:57father-in-law's attitude is
2:59non-committal, but it feels like he's
3:00ignoring Grandpa as if he's no longer
3:03needed since he's practically retired.
3:05Watching my in-laws' behavior makes me
3:07feel somewhat angry.
3:09Hey, don't you think your attitude,
3:11Patricia, and yours, too, is a bit cold
3:13towards Grandpa?
3:15So, what's the big deal?
3:17Grandpa tries to talk to you and you
3:19barely respond. You don't even try to
3:21help him.
3:22Like I have time to deal with old
3:24people. You can take care of Grandpa.
3:26You're the one with the free time.
3:29You don't have to talk like that.
3:31Quiet. I'm tired from work. Don't nag me
3:33about unnecessary things.
3:35This is how it goes. No matter what I
3:37say, they won't listen to me. My
3:39grandfather-in-law doesn't say anything
3:41to his family about this. Now, I'm the
3:43only one who talks to my
3:44grandfather-in-law at home.
3:47Grandpa, the weather is nice today.
3:49Shall we go for a little walk outside?
3:51Your leg seems to be healing well and I
3:53think it will be good rehabilitation.
3:56Thank you. Let's go out for a bit then.
3:59The two of us went to the park. There
4:01were several families with children
4:02playing around. My grandfather-in-law
4:04looked at the scene with joy.
4:06Christopher and Daniel were like that,
4:08too, at times, he said.
4:10Grandpa,
4:11I was busy with work and couldn't take
4:13care of the children much.
4:14Maybe that's why I couldn't raise
4:16Christopher and Daniel properly, he said
4:18with a slightly sad face, almost like he
4:20was talking to himself. Christopher is
4:23my father-in-law, and Daniel is my
4:25husband. I think about how everyone
4:27could be kinder to my
4:28grandfather-in-law, but I can't come up
4:30with a good idea.
4:32But then my in-laws suggested building a
4:34house for my grandfather-in-law. This
4:36house is over 50 years old, right? The
4:38layout is bad. It's hard to use. But
4:41instead of spending money on repairs, it
4:43would be better to build a new house in
4:45a more convenient location. A new house.
4:48Michael is getting older, and it's good
4:50that he only got injured last time, but
4:52we never know what will happen.
4:54So, let's make the house barrier-free,
4:56so we won't have trouble if care is
4:58needed. I see.
5:00We can even put Michael's room in the
5:01middle, so everyone can take care of him
5:04easily.
5:05Yeah, that's not a bad idea.
5:07Right. So, it's settled then. And
5:10Michael, about the cost.
5:12It could be the house for all of us.
5:14I'll take care of it. Talk to Mr. Jones
5:16about the money. Typical Michael. Thank
5:19you. We appreciate it. My mother-in-law
5:21smiled happily. It seems to me that they
5:24only flatter him when they want money.
5:26But if everyone takes care of my
5:28grandfather-in-law after moving into the
5:30new house, I thought there could be
5:32nothing better.
5:33Mr. Jones is the company's in-house
5:36counsel and also manages my
5:37grandfather-in-law's personal assets. My
5:40grandfather-in-law liked his character
5:42and made him in-house counsel, and it's
5:44been nearly 30 years. He is 58 now and
5:48the person my grandfather-in-law trusts
5:50the most.
5:51I've met him several times, and he seems
5:53to be a very honest person. He always
5:56cares about my grandfather-in-law's
5:57health, and sometimes I think he's more
5:59like a son than his real sons. Having
6:02such people around my grandfather-in-law
6:03makes me feel a little relieved.
6:06However, I wasn't informed about where
6:08or what kind of house was being built.
6:10But my mother-in-law seemed very
6:12cheerful. The three of them were looking
6:14at interior design magazines and
6:16discussing various ideas, so it appeared
6:18everything was going smoothly.
6:20Then something unexpected happened. It
6:23was revealed that my grandfather-in-law
6:25had a debt of 1.82 million dollars.
6:28Wait, what's this about 1.82 million
6:31dollars?
6:32My grandfather-in-law had become a
6:34co-signer for a loan taken out by a
6:36friend's company. Unfortunately, the
6:38company fell into financial trouble, and
6:41the debt became my grandfather-in-law's
6:43responsibility.
6:44Wait, they're not going to take the
6:45house that's under construction, are
6:47they?
6:48Since the contract has already been
6:49completed, and as Patricia said, it's in
6:52the president's name, so it's fine. My
6:54mother-in-law replied, clearly relieved.
6:57Oh, thank goodness. I'm glad we did it
6:59my way.
7:00Listening to that conversation, I
7:02learned for the first time that the new
7:03house was in my father-in-law's name,
7:05even though my grandfather-in-law had
7:07paid for it. Putting it in my
7:09father-in-law's name was just like
7:11something my mother-in-law would do.
7:13I also couldn't understand why they
7:15didn't consider selling the house to
7:16help repay the debt.
7:18Hey, this debt is Michael's fault, and
7:20it has nothing to do with us or the
7:22company, right?
7:23Well, it was signed in Michael's name.
7:26A good thing there's no problem.
7:28I couldn't comprehend what was good
7:30about it, but since my
7:31grandfather-in-law remained silent
7:33during the conversation, I didn't
7:35intervene, either. After all, it's not
7:38an amount I could handle.
7:39But a few days later, my
7:41grandfather-in-law's behavior began to
7:43change gradually. Grandpa, what would
7:45you like to eat for lunch?
7:47Who are you calling Grandpa? I'm only
7:4950. You have no right to call me that.
7:52Huh?
7:53Sorry, Emily, right? I was lost in
7:55thought. At first, I thought he was just
7:57deep in thought, but when it happened
7:59repeatedly, I began to feel uneasy.
8:02Patricia, what are you doing? Where's my
8:04meal?
8:05Grandpa, I'm Emily. Patricia is your
8:08daughter-in-law. You already ate your
8:10meal earlier. I didn't eat. Are you
8:12trying to starve me?
8:14I wondered if my grandfather-in-law's
8:16condition was triggered by the $1.82
8:18million debt. And if he met none of his
8:20family members were trying to help him
8:22might have been a double shock.
8:24What could I do for him?
8:26I tried to take my grandfather-in-law to
8:28the hospital, but he refused to go. He
8:31might not want to admit that he might
8:32have dementia. I didn't want to force
8:35him, but I felt helpless on my own. I
8:37consulted my husband, but he only
8:39replied that it had nothing to do with
8:41him. I couldn't rely on my mother-in-law
8:44either, so I thought my father-in-law
8:46was the only option. Yeah, I heard from
8:48Patricia and Daniel. They think it might
8:51be dementia. Can you go to the hospital
8:53with us?
8:54But it's not that bad yet, right? If we
8:56go to the hospital, others will find out
8:58my father has dementia.
9:00There are good medications now that can
9:02slow the progression. Well, there's no
9:04need to rush. Let's watch him a little
9:06longer. Emily is here, so it'll be fine,
9:09right?
9:10I couldn't help but think how unreliable
9:12these people were. I realized I couldn't
9:14depend on them.
9:16Grandpa, let's go to the hospital. Let's
9:18get you properly examined. Who are you?
9:21Where are you planning to take me?
9:23You're up to no good. I almost cried
9:25thinking about how my once kind
9:27grandfather-in-law had become so
9:28stubborn. But my mother-in-law just
9:31laughed amused. Even if he was the
9:33chairman, it's over for him now.
9:35But now everything, even the company, is
9:38all Christopher's.
9:39Patricia, Grandpa isn't completely
9:42unaware. He's listening to everything.
9:44He'll forget everything soon. He'll
9:46start wandering and dribbling. Just
9:48thinking about it gives me chills. He's
9:50nothing but a nuisance now.
9:52How can you say that? Grandpa has worked
9:55hard for the family all his life.
9:57My mother-in-law's words made me angry
9:59and sad, but my grandfather-in-law just
10:02smiled. See, this old man doesn't
10:05understand anything, Patricia. I was
10:08furious at my mother-in-law's laughing
10:10words, but soon the new house would be
10:13ready. Maybe things would change once we
10:14moved there. Since it was a house that
10:16grandpa built, the family might show
10:18some gratitude and be kind to him. I
10:20couldn't completely abandon that faint
10:22hope. 2 months later, the house was
10:25finally built. For days, I had been
10:27forced to pack my in-laws and husband's
10:29belongings, while my father-in-law's and
10:32my things were mostly untouched. Even
10:34when I tried to pack my things, my
10:36in-laws and husband kept giving me
10:38tasks, so I couldn't make any progress.
10:41But I thought it would be fine to move
10:42the small things later since this house
10:44wasn't going anywhere. On moving day,
10:47after most of the things were moved, I
10:49went to call my father-in-law, but my
10:51husband said, "Ah, you and grandpa can
10:54stay here.
10:55What? You can stay in this house.
10:58We don't need any extra baggage in the
11:00new house. In other words, you and
11:02grandpa will live here from now on, and
11:04I'll give you grandpa's debt, too.
11:06Well, you can at least be a housekeeper.
11:09Hey, let's go."
11:10"Yeah, I'm coming. Good luck with all
11:13the debt repayment and live-in care."
11:15With those words, my in-laws cheerfully
11:17got into the car and left. I was stunned
11:20for a while. I couldn't immediately
11:22understand what had just happened. Were
11:24we just abandoned? And not just me, but
11:27my grandfather-in-law, too. Only they
11:29would live in the new house. It took me
11:31a while to understand because it was
11:33beyond my imagination that someone could
11:35do something so cruel. How should I
11:37explain this to my grandfather-in-law? I
11:40slowly returned to the back room. I
11:42didn't mind taking care of my
11:43grandfather-in-law at all. That was my
11:46intention from the start. As I was about
11:48to timidly call out to him, who was
11:50sitting with his back to me, he seemed
11:52to sense my presence and turned around
11:54before I could speak. "Have they gone
11:56already?"
11:57My grandfather-in-law's expression as he
12:00said that looked completely different
12:01from how he had been just months ago. To
12:04be frank, he seemed like a different
12:05person. Um, I thought maybe a different
12:09symptom had emerged, but the next moment
12:11my grandfather-in-law smiled. and then
12:13his following words surprised me. As I
12:16was talking to my grandfather-in-law,
12:18Mr. Jones came in. Chairman, have you
12:20finished getting rid of the unnecessary
12:22staff? Yes, it's all done. Let's go,
12:25shall we? Uh where are we going? Of
12:28course, to the new house.
12:30I left the house where I had been
12:31living, led by my grandfather-in-law,
12:33without understanding what was
12:35happening. The next month, countless
12:37calls came from my mother-in-law and
12:39husband.
12:40My grandfather-in-law said he wouldn't
12:42deal with them anymore, but I answered
12:44my husband's call because of the
12:45divorce.
12:46Hey Emily, is grandpa with you?
12:48When I went to the old house, it was for
12:50sale. It's not worth $1.82 million, so
12:54you can't repay the debt. Is that why
12:56you did that?
12:57What do you mean?
12:59Put grandpa on.
13:00Dad said he can't get in touch at all.
13:03That forgetful old man has done
13:04something outrageous. I knew what he was
13:07talking about, but I wanted to hear what
13:09my husband would say. Grandpa sold the
13:11company's stocks to the executive
13:13director. Thanks to that, the executive
13:15director became the largest shareholder.
13:17A shareholders' meeting and board
13:19meeting were held and dad was dismissed
13:21as president. The executive director was
13:24well-liked and perhaps grandpa believed
13:26he was better suited to lead the
13:27company. When I heard that grandpa had
13:30sold the company's stocks to the
13:31executive director, my husband was
13:34outraged. The executive director must
13:36have deceived the senile old man into
13:38selling the stocks. This isn't valid. He
13:41exclaimed. You seem to be
13:43misunderstanding something, I replied
13:45calmly. Grandpa doesn't have dementia.
13:47If anything, he's more coherent now than
13:49he's been in years.
13:51What? My husband was in disbelief. Until
13:54that moving day, I had also believed my
13:56grandfather-in-law was suffering from
13:58dementia, but it turned out that grandpa
14:00had been suspicious ever since my
14:02mother-in-law mentioned building a new
14:04house to live with him. So, he devised a
14:07plan.
14:08He pretended to have dementia to observe
14:10how my in-laws and husband would react.
14:13As expected, they revealed their true
14:15colors one by one. In the end, they left
14:17my father-in-law and me to hunt.
14:20I struggled to hold back my laughter
14:22because everything went exactly as I
14:24expected. Grandpa said with a grin. I
14:27was surprised, relieved, and a little
14:29conflicted. To deceive the enemy, you
14:31must first deceive your allies, Grandpa
14:34said with a laugh. He had been receiving
14:36regular updates on the company's
14:37operations from the executive director
14:39and Mr. Jones. With Grandpa stepping
14:42back, my father-in-law and husband
14:44control. Acting self-righteously and
14:47ignoring the employees' opinions,
14:49hosting lavish parties at the company's
14:51expense. Grandpa had handed over the
14:53company to my father-in-law, but grew
14:55increasingly concerned about its future.
14:58In the end, he decided he couldn't trust
14:59his son with the company and transferred
15:01it to the executive director instead.
15:04What about the $1.82 million debt? I
15:07asked, concerned. That's gone now,
15:10Grandpa replied.
15:11I did cosign a loan for a friend's son,
15:13but I also own personal assets that far
15:15exceed that amount. After stepping back
15:18from the company's operations, I
15:19invested in real estate and made a
15:21considerable profit. But if I had told
15:24them that, it would have been clear my
15:25mother-in-law and husband would target
15:27it. That's why I only talked about the
15:29debt. The friend in question was the son
15:32of a benefactor who had helped my
15:34father-in-law when he was young.
15:36Moreover, the countryside land owned by
15:38the friend's son was being developed
15:40into a resort, and he had sold it at a
15:42high price.
15:43So there was no longer a need to take on
15:45the debt. You're kidding, my husband
15:47stammered. But more importantly, are you
15:50guys okay? We're not okay. Both my
15:52father and I were denounced by the
15:54company. What should we do now?
15:56What if there's also the mortgage on the
15:58house? I said. What? What do you mean
16:01the mortgage on the house? My husband's
16:03voice trembled. Haven't you realized it
16:05yet? The house money should have been
16:07all paid by Grandpa. Maybe you don't
16:09remember what Grandpa said at that time.
16:12When my mother-in-law talked to him
16:13about the money, he set a condition. If
16:16it's a house where everyone, including
16:18me, will live, he would pay. Otherwise,
16:20he wouldn't.
16:21Even though the house was in my
16:22father-in-law's name, grandpa had
16:24intended to pay if everyone was living
16:26together. But because they assumed
16:28grandpa would pay and didn't check the
16:30documents properly, my husband signed
16:32without verifying everything. It just
16:35showed he really didn't have the
16:36qualities of a president. "You're
16:38kidding." My husband's voice trailed
16:40off. Afterward, my parents-in-law lost
16:43the house they had built because they
16:44couldn't pay the mortgage. Now in an old
16:47apartment over 50 years old, struggling
16:50to pay off the unpaid loan. My
16:52mother-in-law and husband have been
16:54contacting me alternately, suggesting we
16:56all live together, but that's impossible
16:58now.
16:59My grandfather-in-law has retired from
17:01his chairman position, and now he has
17:03bought an old house in the countryside
17:05where we live together.
17:07"Emily, you can go and live wherever you
17:08like freely. You don't have to worry
17:10about living expenses." My
17:12grandfather-in-law told me. But I chose
17:15to stay with him. "If I'm not in the
17:17way, please let me be with you." When I
17:19said that, my grandfather-in-law's eyes
17:21welled up with tears. Thanks to Mr.
17:23Jones, the divorce was finalized and
17:25legal procedures were taken to exclude
17:27my former father-in-law and former
17:30husband from inheritance. I became my
17:32grandfather-in-law's adopted daughter.
17:35If anything happens to my
17:36grandfather-in-law, who was now my
17:38father, I intend to take care of him
17:40until the end. Now, the two of us enjoy
17:43working in the fields together.
17:45"Dad, look at this radish. It's huge."
17:48In the warm sunlight, we share these
17:50peaceful moments. I wish for these days
17:52to continue, even just one day

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