She Returned Home For Christmas Only To Discover Her Family Had Already Left Without Her

Margaret opened her briefcase and removed a slim tablet.

“There is more,” she said.

Grandpa turned his face away. “Show her.”

Margaret tapped the screen. A video opened.

Grandma appeared sitting in the den, in her chair, wearing a blue cardigan I recognized immediately. She looked thinner than I remembered, her cheekbones sharp, her hair tucked beneath continue reading …