When I was alone with Grandma, I gently retrieved the package. At home, I opened it. Inside her embroidered blue handkerchief were dozens of letters—written by Grandma to my mother. They revealed everything: my mom had stolen money, broken promises, and refused to change. The final letters held an even harsher truth: Grandma had left everything to me. “Emerald showed me love without conditions,” she wrote.
