Every January I Sent My Son-in-Law $40,000 for My Granddaughter. Then She Whispered, ‘Grandpa, Follow Dad.’
“She would have listened to you.
She would have helped you face consequences.
Instead, she died believing she’d lost you.”
Laura covered her face.
I couldn’t tell whether she cried from remorse, fear, or some mixture too complicated to name.
I didn’t need to decide.
Her feelings could be real without undoing what she’d done.
“Can I see Emma?” she whispered.