Every January I Sent My Son-in-Law $40,000 for My Granddaughter. Then She Whispered, ‘Grandpa, Follow Dad.’

I told Emma at home, where we could speak without strangers listening.

“You can keep your room here.

We have a plan for school and for the next months.

If anything changes, you’ll know.”

She didn’t cheer.

She simply asked whether she’d still get to choose her own curtains in spring.

“Of course.”

“Even purple?”