Businesswoman Visits Grandparents for First Time in Years and Finds Only Remains of Their House – Story of the Day

Lindsey was a career woman and didn’t care about anything except work. One day, she flipped through an album, remembering her childhood with her grandparents, and decided to visit them. But when she reached their neighborhood, it was demolished, and Lindsey saw something else shocking.

Lindsey pulled down the roof of her convertible and enjoyed the air flowing through her hair for the first time. She hadn’t enjoyed a day off in a while, but today was special. She was driving from New York to a suburb in New Jersey to visit her grandparents.

After years of building a career and her reputation in the corporate world, she was ready for a break. Moreover, she wanted to see her grandfather’s proud face when she got there with his favorite whiskey. She was also bringing flowers and the most expensive cake from the most prestigious bakery in the Big Apple. They would love it.

After some time driving, she finally approached their neighborhood, but she thought the GPS had to be wrong. For some reason, every single house around the area was demolished to the ground. She stopped in front of her grandparents’ address, and it was the same way.

After parking her car, Lindsey got out, took her sunglasses off, and looked around in confusion. This was the correct address. “What’s going on?” she asked herself and started walking around, her stilettos making a distinctive click on the gravel. Suddenly, she reached a sign in one corner, and her jaw dropped.

It was an announcement from her company. They were going to build a shopping mall in that area, and all the houses had been bought for that purpose.

Lindsey knew her company’s practices. She wasn’t the owner, but she was one of the main higher-ups, and she was aware of how their lawyers pestered people into selling them their homes. But she had never witnessed the aftermath. Now that her grandparents went through it, she realized how horrible it was and vowed to correct the company’s practices as soon as she could.

But still, she called her assistant immediately and yelled at her for a while.

“Ms. Banks. You signed off on the New Jersey building. I have all the papers right here. This must have been around six months ago. The company bought the last house two months ago, and as I understand...