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“You humiliated yourself, Linda.” My mom, always reasonable but honest.

Another envelope sat under the papers.

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Linda spun. “Of course you’d say that. You always hated me.”

My mom didn’t blink. “I don’t hate you. I’m tired.”

I looked back into the box.

Another envelope sat under the papers, thick and sealed.

FOR KATE — OPEN IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

“Grandma knew.”

Linda lunged.

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I pulled it back.

“Give it! It could be for all of us,” she snapped.

I turned it so everyone could see the flap.

If anyone but her opens this, you’ll prove my point.