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“You wouldn’t understand. You didn’t grow up like I did.”
So I swallowed it. Again and again.
She’d raised me after my parents passed away when I was seven. She was my anchor, my safe place, the person who taught me that love didn’t have to be loud to be real. Losing her felt like losing my foundation.
Then, my grandmother died.
When I found out she’d left me some money (not a fortune, but enough to feel life-changing), it felt like one last act of love from beyond.
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