{"id":7341,"date":"2026-10-27T13:46:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=7341"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:46:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:46:47","slug":"part-2-my-parents-said-to-grandma-that-they-were","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextstoryus.com\/?p=7341","title":{"rendered":"PART 2-My parents said to Grandma that they were &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She didn\u2019t answer. Grandma nodded slowly, as if a final piece of a puzzle had fallen into place. \u201cThe withdrawals.\u201d My mother closed her eyes. I felt my stomach turn. \u201cYou knew?\u201d I asked. She looked at me, and the guilt in her face was unmistakable. \u201cI knew he was moving money around. He told me it was temporary.\u201d \u201cTwenty-five thousand dollars is temporary?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fpnh11-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/861663816_122126779953257929_1813751113335198901_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_tt6&amp;cstp=mx768x1376&amp;ctp=p526x296&amp;_nc_cat=102&amp;_nc_map=urlgen_bucketless&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=DiYZcxfXO2IQ7kNvwGDGmQg&amp;_nc_oc=Adqofb-FZXJFZyVAxXB69MGeSbALke2Fr_pBVaHYL6rFDvwJTJTh8grI76xnxOKZOBA&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fpnh11-1.fna&amp;_nc_gid=JVq33_yCYaMYT3w_c8x5Qw&amp;_nc_ss=7b2a8&amp;oh=00_AQMD2r8QU6pvP-CTdF-tZI2K2KxsShfGszCwUjqovq301A&amp;oe=6AE6860A\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said he had an investment.\u201d \u201cAnd you helped him take Grandma to a nursing home?\u201d \u201cI was trying to prevent things from getting worse!\u201d Her voice cracked, but she recovered quickly. \u201cYou have no idea how difficult it has been. Your father is under enormous pressure. Eleanor refuses to accept that she needs help, and every time we try to discuss the future, she threatens to change everything.\u201d Grandma stepped forward. \u201cChange what, Wendy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My mother stared at her. \u201cThe house,\u201d she finally whispered. The words seemed to drain all the warmth from the room. Grandma sat down in my grandfather\u2019s armchair. For the first time that evening, she looked tired. Not defeated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Just<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tired<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hearing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dragged<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">out<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">people<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">who<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">should<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spoken<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">long<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cTell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Arthur<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">planned,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shook<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">can\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cCan\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">or<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">won\u2019t?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Wendy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Finally,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cArthur<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dealt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">end<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">month.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cHe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">document<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">needed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">signature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hands<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tightened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">around<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">arms<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">document?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWendy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">swear<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">called.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sign<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">if<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cAnd<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stake?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">began<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">took<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">step<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYou<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">going<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">make<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sign<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">away<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNo!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cried.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">didn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">exactly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">doing.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thought<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wanted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">agree<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">so<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">debts<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paid.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">already<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">accepted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">idea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shook<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">never<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">agreed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cDid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">drove<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">facility?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">no<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knock<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sounded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">front<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">We<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">all<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sheriff\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">porch,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">resting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">near<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">belt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">let<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">explained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">found.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">took<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photographs,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">questions,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">advised<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">disturb<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anything<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">else<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">until<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">situation<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">properly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">assessed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">When<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">who<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">last<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">son<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wrote<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">notebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cDo<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cIvan,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bring<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">car.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hurried<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">outside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">retrieved<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">marked<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">HOUSE<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">DEED<\/span><\/span><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">When<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">returned,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">held<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">up<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThis<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">contains<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">document<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">left<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">care.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">someone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">searching<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">original.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whether<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">opened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMay<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ask<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">why<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">kept<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">separate<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">other<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">records?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">down<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handwriting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">front.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cBecause<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">husband<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">specifically<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">keep<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">opened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Inside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">single<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">folded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sheet<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paper<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">smaller<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">note<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">written<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">familiar<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handwriting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">read<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">note<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">silently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">read<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">lost<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">its<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">color.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cGrandma?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">addressed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handwriting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">unmistakable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">if<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">are<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reading<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Arthur<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">begun<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">questions<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">come<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">throat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tightened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">continued<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">property<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">only<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">son<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">been<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">obtain.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">There<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">agreement<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">connected<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">land<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">never<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">If<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovers<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">may<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">entire<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">estate<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">belongs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ended<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sentence<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">made<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">look<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">If<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">original<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">disappears,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">do<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">assume<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">succeeded.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">proof<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ownership<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">where<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thinks<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">does<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mean?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">took<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">back<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trembling<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fingers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">look<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eyes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">suspected<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">more<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">than<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">willing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whether<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">document<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">be<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">photographed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">report.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">agreed,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">carefully<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">recorded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">its<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">existence<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">without<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">taking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fireplace,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">crying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">silently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">phone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">vibrated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">saw<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">name<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ARTHUR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">didn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">message<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">appeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">read<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">all<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">color<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">drained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNothing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cShow<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shook<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">rose<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">armchair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWendy,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whatever<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Arthur<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whatever<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">think<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">are<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">protecting,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">last<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">opportunity<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">long<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shaking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hands,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">phone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">message<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">short.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">find<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">second<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Beneath<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">let<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Ivan<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">see<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">room<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tilt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">around<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">second<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope?\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">repeated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">suddenly,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">remembered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">When<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">twelve,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shown<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">loose<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">brick<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">behind<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fireplace<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">upstairs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">guest<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">room.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">houses<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">always<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">places<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">where<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wait<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">quietly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">until<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">someone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ready<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">find<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forgotten<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Until<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cGrandma,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whispered.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cDid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandpa<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ever<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hide<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anything<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">upstairs?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">several<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">seconds,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">didn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">speak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nodded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">guest<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">began<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">shaking<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNo.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">You<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">can\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">go<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Everyone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">turned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">immediately<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">covered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stepped<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">closer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMa\u2019am,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">why<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">can\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">go<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">into<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">guest<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">room?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">night,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">genuinely<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">afraid.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cBecause,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whispered,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cArthur<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">if<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">anyone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">found<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">behind<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wall,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">all<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">lose<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">face<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">went<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">perfectly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">still.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">did<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">put<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Wendy?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">started<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">crying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">harder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cI<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">this<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">didn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hands,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">noticed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">right<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thumb<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">with<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">thin<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">line<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fresh<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">white<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">same<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pale<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dust<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">covered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">scattered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">papers<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">same<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">kind<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dust<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">clung<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bricks<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">around<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fireplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">asked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">us<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">remain<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">downstairs<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">while<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">documented<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">property<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">determined<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">appropriate<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">next<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">steps.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">No<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">start<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pulling<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">apart<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">walls<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">or<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">searching<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hidden<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">documents<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">without<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">proper<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">authorization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">So<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">waited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">sat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">armchair,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">holding<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">against<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">chest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">remained<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">beside<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fireplace,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">silent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">and<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">window,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">watching<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">road<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">father\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">SUV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nearly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nine<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">o\u2019clock<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">phone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">vibrated<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">This<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">message<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">an<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">unknown<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">number.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandmother<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">isn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">telling<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">whole<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Another<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">message<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span class=\"xt0psk2 x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x15eiy0f x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x14rh7hd x1k4tb9n xdj266r\" data-d-component=\"text\" data-d-inline=\"\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Ask<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">happened<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">week<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">died.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">read<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">twice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">noticed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hesitated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">message<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">felt<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cruelly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deliberate,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">as<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">though<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">someone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knew<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">exactly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">which<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">words<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">make<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">question<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">one<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">person<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">driven<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">190<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">miles<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">protect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">handed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">read<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">time<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">since<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">picked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">up<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">facility,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Eleanor<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">frightened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">angry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Not<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">suspicious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Frightened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">lowered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">phone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">into<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">lap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cIvan,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">quietly,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cthere<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">never<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">told<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">last<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">week.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">heart<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">began<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">pounding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">glanced<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">staircase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">finally,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">she<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">directly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYour<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">didn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">die<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Arthur<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">inherit<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">paused.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cHe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">died<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believing<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Arthur<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">already<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">found<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">secret.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">The<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">clock<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">ticked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">above<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fireplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Outside,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wind<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moved<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">through<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">maple<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trees,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">scraping<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">bare<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">branches<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">against<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tried<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">speak,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">but<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">no<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">words<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">came.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">leaned<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThere\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reason<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">father<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">has<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">spent<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">so<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">many<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">years<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">insisting<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">becoming<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">forgetful.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">There\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reason<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">suddenly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wanted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">placed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">somewhere<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">couldn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">make<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">decisions<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">myself.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">there\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reason<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">came<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">here<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">today<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">even<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knew<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">taken<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">She<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">reached<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">for<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cHe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">get<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">rid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">because<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">old,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Ivan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Her<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fingers<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">cold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cHe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">trying<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">get<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">rid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">last<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">person<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">who<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">tell<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">him<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">where<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">your<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">grandfather<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">truth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Before<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">could<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">respond,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">car<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">engine<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">roared<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Headlights<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">flooded<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">door<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">slammed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Heavy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">footsteps<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">crossed<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">porch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">My<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">father<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">entered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">house<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">without<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">knocking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">first,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Finally,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eyes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">settled<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">on<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">For<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">several<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">seconds,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">smiled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">It<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">same<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">smile<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">worn<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">at<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">every<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">gathering,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">every<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Christmas<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">dinner,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">every<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">birthday<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">when<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wanted<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">everyone<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">believe<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">everything<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">perfectly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">But<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">his<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">eyes<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">were<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">different.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">They<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">moved<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">from<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">envelope<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">study,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">staircase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">And<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">never<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understood<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">about<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">father<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">wasn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">afraid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">would<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discover<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">was<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">afraid<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">that<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">we<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">had<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">discovered<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">something<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">couldn\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cMother,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">he<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">said<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">softly,<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cgive<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">me<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">letter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">Grandma<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">stood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cNo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">His<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">smile<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">disappeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cYou<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">don\u2019t<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">understand<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">what<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">you\u2019re<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">holding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThen<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">explain<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">He<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">looked<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">toward<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">the<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">deputy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" data-d-component=\"text\"><span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">\u201cThis<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">is<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">a<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">private<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">family<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">matter.<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">I<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">have<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">authority<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">to<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">manage<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">my<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">mother\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<span data-d-streaming-word=\"\">affairs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x1ghz6dp x1717udv x1wty727 x1pd3egz x4gjf66 x1wwbdsi x86bw1a x1lziwak x15472z4 x1qlqyl8 x15bjb6t x1lliihq x14rh7hd\" 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