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“Are you planning to keep it all?” my eldest demanded. “That money belongs to all of us!”
“I didn’t hide anything,” I replied quietly. “I found it yesterday. I was going to tell you on her death anniversary.”
I listened, fighting the urge to shout. Yes, the money was Mother’s. Yes, it should be shared. But I couldn’t forget how they had treated her in her final years—how they had made excuses instead of visits, how they never sent her anything when she was sick.
Meanwhile, I had done what little I could. I sent money every month, no matter how tight things were. I was there when she needed someone to talk to. I was the one holding her hand when she passed.
But fate—like my mother—had a quiet way of intervening.