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As she gathered her purse and moved toward the door, I added quietly. “Oh, and Victoria—thank you for the pool house suggestion. I’ll keep that in mind when I’m deciding where to put the staff quarters in my new home.”
The door closed behind her with a soft click.
Revealing that whatever financial cushion she’d been living on was growing thin. She thought she could use my love for my grandchildren as a weapon against me. What she didn’t understand was that love, properly focused, could be the most devastating weapon of all.
I returned to my desk and pulled out a different folder—one I’d been building for years. School records. Newspaper clippings.
Academic awards. Social media screenshots. Everything about Alex and Lily that I’d been able to gather from the shadows.
It was time to step out of the shadows and into their lives. Not as the bitter, rejected grandmother Victoria had painted me as. As the loving, powerful woman I’d always been.
The war for my grandchildren was about to begin. And I intended to win. If you’ve ever been told you’re too old to start over, let me tell you—that’s a lie.
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That night, I sat in my study, surrounded by the remnants of 13 stolen years. Photo albums that ended abruptly when the twins turned four. Birthday cards returned unopened.
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