My Late Partners Parents Suddenly Appeared and Demanded I Give Them the Keys to His House — I Agreed under One Condition

When Jason’s estranged parents showed up demanding the house he left behind, Alice found herself plunged into a battle she never saw coming. Grieving and determined, she agreed to consider their claim—but only if they could answer the one question that haunted Jason until his final days.

There are moments in life that change everything, and for Jason and me, that moment came when we were 17. I’ll never forget the day he arrived at my door, his eyes red from crying, with nothing but a backpack and a broken heart. His parents had thrown him out like he was nothing, without even offering a proper reason. My mom didn’t hesitate; she took one look at him and knew. From that day on, he became part of our family.

We leaned on each other through the awkward years of high school and the pressures of college. I went into HR because people are complicated, and I liked figuring them out. Jason? He was a genius with computers, always making sense of things I couldn’t. We were a team, perfectly balanced. But four years ago, life hit us with the worst blow imaginable.