I Let My Mother Think She’d Secured My Sister’s Wedding

together. She almost did.

Then her voice broke.

“Grandma took it.”

For a moment, the words didn’t make sense.

“What do you mean… Grandma took it?”

Emma wiped her face with her sleeve.

“I went to the bank after school. Mrs. Daly said the France payment is due Friday. I wanted to pay early… but the teller said the money was already withdrawn.”

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