The New Wife's Mistake

Our Forever Home

Brittany posted about our house every day.

Our forever home 🏡

Finally redecorating this outdated house. Goodbye boring ex-wife energy!

Kitchen reno starts next month. Can't wait to rip out these sad old cabinets.

Those sad old cabinets were the ones my grandpa had built with his own hands.

Then, on a Wednesday, I saw something that made my stomach drop. A Facebook Marketplace listing on Brittany's page.

Antique upright piano. Excellent condition. Must go, need the space! $800 or best offer. Pickup Saturday.

It was Grandma's piano. The one Mom learned to play on. The one I'd been learning on since I was six.

I found Brittany in the content studio, filming a video about face cream.

“You can't sell the piano,” I said. “It was my grandma's.”

She didn't even turn round. “It's ugly, it's in the way, and nobody plays it.”

“I play it.”

“Not anymore.” She smiled at herself in the ring light. “The buyer's coming at ten on Saturday. Please make sure the living room is clean.”