Grief hit me like stepping on missing stairs. Losing my grandmother Catherine felt like losing my compass. At her funeral, everyone was hushed and solemn—but my mother, Victoria, stood apart: cold, detached.
Then I saw her. She slipped a small package into Grandma’s coffin while no one was looking. Suspicion gnawed at me. Later, alone, I retrieved it. Inside were letters—Grandma’s handwriting, dozens of pages addressed to my mother, accusing her of taking money, begging her to stop gambling, warning her that love without conditions would prevail.
The last letter revealed the truth: Grandma had left everything to me, her loyal granddaughter. Then I found another—my mother’s handwriting. It admitted the theft and her plan to exploit my love and inheritance.
The next day, I met her calmly, handing her the letters. Her greed and lies crumbled in front of me.
Some truths cannot stay buried. Some betrayals carve scars too deep to forgive.
