Diane Keller and Lauren Keller are excluded from administration due to conflict of interest and emotional neglect.

Cold.

Legal.

Final.

The Letter Written Only for Me

My grandmother’s letter was folded carefully inside.

I recognized her handwriting immediately.

It read:

“Megan,

If you’re reading this, it means Diane and Lauren have already smelled the paper. They won’t come because of me. They’ll come because of what they think belongs to them.

Don’t hate them for their shame.

But don’t sacrifice your peace for it either.

Yesterday, in that nursing home room, I saw something beautiful.

I saw you choose love without a stage.

And I knew you were the one who should decide what happens to what I built.”

My eyes burned.

Lauren covered her face.

My mother tried to snatch the letter from my hands.

“Give it to me!”

I stepped back.

“No.”