The man’s brothers didn’t like the house their dad left them as their inheritance. So when he volunteered to buy it, they sold him their shares. But one day, they regretted it and angrily rushed to meet him after he accidentally found a rare family heirloom in the house. Adam Phillips was alone in his dad’s old mansion!

His eyes gushed with tears as he recalled his childhood in the house and the nightmares he endured from his older brothers, Travis and David. “I will meet you soon after many years, dad!” he murmured, holding his late dad’s picture. A gush of breeze tingled his skin, and he decided to light up the fireplace.

As he opened the bolt of the furnace and tried igniting the firewood, something fell, letting out a loud noise. He was spooked and backed off. Then he walked closer to the fireplace, only to find a life-changing heirloom hidden from sight for several decades… Growing up, Adam never had lovely memories of his brothers. They often bullied him for no apparent reason and mocked him. The only person who sided with him was his dad.

The smoke gushed through the chimney, and an old magpie’s nest plunged into the ashes, dropping an expensive and unseen heirloom. Mr. Phillips had sent Adam away to a college across two towns so that he could learn how to mold himself into a braver person. “You need to take a stand for yourself, son…I cannot always do it for you,” he often advised Adam.

Since that day, Adam barely came to his hometown, although he remained close to his parents. He visited during his mom’s funeral and witnessed how she had transformed his room into an indoor garden. “Lovely!” he gasped. As he toured around the house, he met his brothers. They never had a good word to say about him and constantly gossiped.

“My sons…my boys,” Mr. Phillips shouted in tears. “Do not forget that your old man is still alive… I’d appreciate it if you could visit me often.” The three sons assured their father and embraced him goodbye after the funeral. Unsurprisingly, David and Travis never visited him. Sometimes, they wouldn’t even pick up his call and would divert him to their voicemail.

Meanwhile, Adam often visited his dad and made sure he never felt left out. “And this…this is the vintage showpiece I bought from Italy this summer,” Adam said, showing his dad an artifact he purchased for him during one of his trips. Although Adam insisted his dad move with him to the city, his dad refused. “This house is not brick or concrete… it’s an abode of my memories…it echoes our good and bad times,” Mr. Phillips often reasoned.

Thus, when his dad discussed the fate of his house after his passing, Adam promised him that he would never sell it or even move a brick from it. “This would be my kids’ weekend home…for vacations, I suppose!” Adam assured him. But fate had other plans…Adam left for the city, and several weeks later, his phone rang. After picking it up, he dropped it to the floor and collapsed on the couch with his face buried in his hands.

“Rest in peace, dad…rest in peace,” he sobbed. Adam met his brothers at their dad’s funeral and realized they were not there to pay their last respects, particularly after he overheard them discussing the will. “If we get this house, I know a realtor who can find us a good buyer to sell this old, ugly hut,” David told Travis.

The next day, the brothers met at the lawyer’s office and learned that their dad had indeed willed the house to his sons, split into three equal shares among them. “I’ll buy it,” Adam spoke out when his brothers unanimously discussed selling the house. “I’ll buy your shares for a better price, so sell them to me.”David and Travis had no idea why Adam wanted the old mansion, but since money mattered to them the most, they agreed.

After a few formalities, Adam had the house signed in his name. He drove to the location to pack his father’s possessions and realized it was too late by the time he completed taping the cartons. “I’ll sleep here tonight and call the truck in the morning,” he grumbled as he sat on the couch in front of an ancient fireplace.

He opted to light the furnace because it was very chilly and windy outside. He heaped the firewood and lit it. The smoke poured out of the chimney, and an ancient magpie’s nest fell into the ashes, revealing an expensive and unseen heritage. “What??? Oh my goodness, “Adam shouted as he rummaged among the ash-covered ruins.

He took out a stunning ring with a massive stone. “This must be my grandmother’s long-lost ring,” Adam whispered, remembering his father’s remark of his mother’s missing ring, which was never found. He went to a jewelry store the next day to find out how much the ring was worth. He gaped in astonishment as the store owner announced the worth of the diamond band.

“It might be more, but on average, it must be approximately $300,000!” revealed the vendor. Adam was taken aback. He accepted the ring and drove back to his father’s house. The finding of the valuable treasure eventually reached his brothers’ ears. “Are we able to view the ring?” Travis inquired of Adam on a surprise visit to his home.

“Why should we merely see it when we can have it?” David spoke forward, while Adam remained silent. Adam moved away and returned with a folder in his hand after hearing his brothers talk about how the ring belonged to them since it was discovered in the house. “My dear brothers, you see! Because you’ve already sold your shares to me, this house now belongs to me “Adam explained clearly.

“And everything around, under, and above this roof is now solely mine!” Travis and David both grimaced. They sat in silence for a while before storming off in rage. Adam never heard from his brothers again, but he was convinced they would go to any length to obtain the ring. That afternoon, he traveled to the city where he worked and placed the ring in a bank safe deposit box. “I’m keeping my word, Dad! I’ll never move a single brick from our house… as well as not selling our memories! “On his way home, he mumbled.