Grief is hard enough without family making it worse. When my mother was dying, my sister Samira didn’t just abandon her—she actively kept me from saying goodbye. But in the end, justice came in the most unexpected way.
Mom sacrificed everything for us. She worked multiple jobs, often coming home exhausted. I helped however I could, while Samira acted like our financial struggles were beneath her. She always had designer clothes and fancy vacations, never acknowledging Mom’s sacrifices.
When Mom got sick, she asked me to keep it from Samira at first. I did, not knowing how Samira would react. When she found out, she immediately took over—not to help Mom, but to control the situation. She moved into Mom’s house and blocked my visits with constant excuses. “She’s too tired,” she’d say, shutting the door in my face.
Then one day, I saw Mom alone. “Why did you stop visiting?” she asked, confused. I felt sick—Samira had been lying to both of us.
I started showing up unannounced, helping with medications and chores. Samira, meanwhile, posted tearful selfies online while doing none of the actual caregiving.
After Mom passed, Samira handed me a will, claiming she inherited everything. I was devastated—until a lawyer called. Mom’s real will left everything to me, with a note: “You never left my side.”
Samira screamed that I’d tricked Mom, but we both knew the truth. In her final days, Mom had seen who really loved her—and who only loved herself.
