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Julian asked how I truly was. She listened. She laughed at my stories. She asked about my health, my neighbors, the books I was reading. When I told her about setting off the smoke alarm making toast, she laughed until she had to put her fork down.
After dessert, I slid an envelope toward her.
“Open it.”
Inside was a check for fifty thousand dollars.
She stared at it. “Grandma… I don’t understand.”
I told her the truth—that I wanted to know who would still come when there was nothing to gain.
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