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Half an hour later, Todd heard the cries of his children and knew they had arrived. The doctor had saved his wife and kids, leaving a powerful impression on the simple man.
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Olive, his wife, returned home with him, and they became proud parents of their twin sons, whom they named Cole and Elijah.\n\n\n\n
The couple was uneducated; Olive dropped out after getting pregnant with the twins, and her husband had always been a rancher. They lived peacefully on a medium-sized ranch where Elijah practiced different modes of farming, including animal husbandry. Because they never got educated, Olive and her husband wanted nothing more for their boys.
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\u201cYou\u2019ll both grow up to be doctors,\u201d Todd said as soon as he lifted them in his arms for the first time. As far as he was concerned, saving another human life was a very noble profession, so his children would become nothing else but doctors.\n\n\n\n
Olive lived as a housewife with her husband, never lacking anything while raising their two boys. They both worked tirelessly to make sure their children could become doctors.
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When Todd passed away during a buffalo stampede, Olive was left on her own to fend for the two boys who were already teenagers by then. Hard times quickly fell upon them, and they started getting offers from other ranchers for the land.\n\n\n\n
To get by, Olive started working as a maid in a wealthy man\u2019s house. It was all her skill set could afford her, but she was very diligent with the job, keeping the whole mansion sparkling clean while slowly warming her into the older man\u2019s heart.\n\n\n\n For illustration purposes only | Source: Pexels He liked her dedication and kindness, which made him pay her a little extra each time he could. All the money she made, Olive put into her savings which she used to sponsor their schooling.\n\n\n\n She did that for years until they entered college to study medicine, just like Olive and her late husband had wanted. The children did not care very much about saving lives; however, they did not want to disappoint their parents, so they played along.\n\n\n\n Things changed when they were approached by one of the wealthy ranchers who wanted to buy their father\u2019s property. He fed them with words that made them desire the amount of money he was offering for the property, and they took it all in, hook, line and sinker.\n\n\n\n At some point, the rancher even paused in his speech to look around their room in disgust, making sure they could see his expression. \u201cYou could both be living in luxury and not have to work for a long time with the money you stand to receive from selling that property to us,\u201d the man said.\n\n\n\n His words had a significant impact on the boys, and all they could do after the rancher left was fantasize about the life they knew could be theirs.\n\n\n\n \u201cWe should go home to discuss this with mother,\u201d Elijah said to his brother, who agreed wholeheartedly.\n\n\n\n At home, they greeted their mother but held off on telling her the reason for their visit until they sat down to dinner that day.\n\n\n\n \u201cMom, we have something to tell you,\u201d Cole said uneasily. The boys both knew their mother would not agree to their proposal, but they were bent on having their way.\n\n\n\n For illustration purposes only | Source: Pexels\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been thinking, mom, and we\u2019ve decided that we want to take up John\u2019s offer to buy the land.\u201d\n\n\n\n Olive\u2019s spoon, full of soup, had been halfway to her mouth when she heard the statement, and that\u2019s where it remained as she stayed frozen, staring at her soup as though there was a war going on in it.\n\n\n\n In truth, the war was in her mind. \u201cI\u2019ll never sell this land,\u201d she said coldly, lowering her spoon back to her plate.\n\n\n\n \u201cIf we do it now, we stand to gain a lot mom,\u201d Elijah said. \u201cThings are not going well right now and we really need that money.\u201d\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ll say it again, this land is not for sale!\u201d she yelled, then got up and left.\n\n\n\n \u201cWe know that dad left the land in our names, mom. We visited the lawyer on our way here,\u201d Cole replied. \u201cAs such, we can decide to do with it whatever we want.\u201d\n\n\n\n The following day, Olive was thrown out of her home by her own children, who told her to go and stay with her siblings. However, they all turned her down when she called to ask for the favor. They all seemed to have an excuse or the other for why they could not help. So Olive had to go to a homeless shelter.\n\n\n\n By day, the aggrieved woman worked for the wealthy man, Mr. Williams, and in the evening, she spent the night at the shelter where she quickly made friends because of her kind personality.\n\n\n\n For illustration purposes only | Source: Shutterstock\n\n\n\n They were the ones who helped the woman slowly heal her broken heart. She also quickly became very attached to Mr. Williams, whom she told her life story to.\n\n\n\n One day, she went to work and saw the man\u2019s mansion swarming with people. Apparently, he passed away sometime that morning, and his nurse, who had been in charge of taking care of him, had called an ambulance.\n\n\n\n Olive was saddened to lose a friend as well as a good job. But a few days later, an expensive car pulled up outside the homeless shelter where she was situated. It was driven by a lawyer who told Olivia that Mr. Williams had left her all his fortune. However, it came with one condition \u2014 she could not share it with her children, siblings, and all those who turned away from her.\n\n\n\n Olive accepted the blessing and followed the man\u2019s instructions to the letter, leaving out her kids and siblings, only to spend on the new family she had made in the shelter.\n\n\n\n She renovated the shelter, bought enough food to last them a long time, and also got medicine for its residents.\n\n\n\n When Olive\u2019s boys later found out that their mother had become a millionaire, they asked her to share some of the money with them, but she refused, saying it belonged only to her and her real family, those who stood by her in her sad moments.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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