Then I realized she was crying.
“I messed everything up,” Karen whispered. “There are loan sharks after me.”
I frowned.
“I thought the inheritance would fix everything,” she continued. “So I stayed away from Grandpa. I kept thinking I’d visit once my problems were solved. But then he died.”
Tears rolled down her face.
“I missed his last days. And I almost lost you, too.”
“I messed everything up.”
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