After 37 years of marriage, Jake left his wife, Edith, for his young secretary.
His new girlfriend insisted they live in Jake and Edith’s luxurious multi-million-dollar home. With better lawyers on his side, Jake prevailed in court and gave Edith just three days to move out.
On the first day, Edith packed her belongings into boxes, crates, and suitcases. On the second day, movers came to take her things.
On the third day, she sat down for a final meal at their elegant dining table.
By candlelight, with soft music in the background, she enjoyed a feast of shrimp, caviar, and Chardonnay.
When she finished, Edith walked into every room of the house and stuffed half-eaten shrimp shells dipped in caviar into the hollow spaces of the curtain rods.
She cleaned up the kitchen and left the house for good.
When Jake and his new girlfriend moved in, everything seemed perfect—for a few days. Then, an unrelenting stench began to fill the house.
They tried everything: deep cleaning, airing out the rooms, checking vents for dead animals, and even replacing the carpets.
Exterminators were called in, and air fresheners were placed everywhere. Nothing worked.
The smell became so unbearable that friends stopped visiting, repair workers refused to enter, and even the housemaid quit.
Desperate, they decided to sell the house. Despite cutting the price in half, no buyers showed interest.
The foul odor had earned the house a notorious reputation, and even local realtors stopped taking their calls.
Eventually, Jake and his girlfriend had to borrow a large sum of money to buy a new home.
One day, Edith called Jake to ask how he was doing. He vented about the house’s unbearable smell and their struggles to sell it.
Edith listened sympathetically and mentioned how much she missed her old home. She offered to take the house back in exchange for a significant reduction in her divorce settlement.
Desperate to be rid of the house, Jake agreed. He quickly sold it to her at a fraction of its original value, provided she signed the papers that same day. Edith agreed and finalized the deal within hours.
A week later, Jake and his girlfriend stood watching movers pack their belongings to transfer to their new home.
As they smiled, satisfied to leave the nightmare behind, the movers loaded up everything—including the curtain rods.
