“What?” Karen asked.
He nodded toward me.
“Emily is here because your grandfather asked her to be.”
Karen’s jaw clenched, but she didn’t say anything else.
The rest of the service passed in tense silence.
***
After the service ended, family members gathered quietly near the front of the church.
Ben handed me an envelope and gave me a small nod.
Karen’s jaw clenched.
I stepped forward to the center.
My hands trembled as I opened the envelope.
Grandpa’s final will.
I began to read. But what I read shocked even me.
“If you’re hearing this in this room, then Karen tried to keep my other granddaughter away. Karen, I knew you would lie about everything. That’s why I changed my will before my death.”
Karen gasped loudly.
The whole room froze. And that was only the beginning.
I began to read.
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