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3. The Free Furniture Scheme
When Gina left town for the weekend, her soon-to-be ex-husband, Brendan, decided to “teach her a lesson” by dumping all her furniture on the lawn with a big “FREE STUFF” sign.
What he forgot? Inside one of those pieces — a bedside table — was his late father’s prized watch, a treasured family heirloom.
Gina safely retrieved it before strangers could take it.
When Brendan realized what he’d done, he begged for it back. Gina pretended it had been taken and, after letting him sweat, agreed to return it — for $500.
Sometimes, karma is also profitable.
4. The College Fund That Came Full Circle
At 19, a young woman discovered her college fund — left to her by her late grandfather — had been drained. Her parents used it to bail out her brother and buy themselves a house.
She cut contact, worked her way through school on grants and jobs, and eventually built a stable life.
Years later, her brother called — their parents’ house investment had collapsed, and they were in deep debt.
When she visited, they tearfully admitted they’d been wrong. She forgave them, not because they deserved it, but because she chose not to carry the bitterness any longer.
5. The Cheating Husband Who Lost It All
Shirley thought working at the same company as her husband, Brody, was a blessing — until she walked in on him getting a little too “friendly” with his secretary, Lila.
He didn’t deny it. Instead, he told her he was filing for divorce and keeping the house.
But karma didn’t wait long.
A new boss quickly uncovered that Brody had been skimming money from company accounts. Within days, he was fired.
Weeks later, he showed up at Shirley’s door, saying he “missed” her. She simply closed that chapter — and the door.
Why These Stories Resonate
These aren’t just entertaining anecdotes — they’re reminders of a truth many of us have learned over a lifetime: you can’t control what people do, but life has a way of balancing the scales.
Sometimes that balancing act is slow and quiet. And sometimes, like in these stories, it’s swift, public, and impossible to miss.
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