Two weeks later, Evelyn called. Sophie answered.
“I forgive you… but don’t ever treat me like that again,” she said calmly. “It was ugly.”
Later, Michael told me he had warned his mother: if she couldn’t treat Sophie like family, she would lose them both.
Since then, Evelyn has been trying — sending cards, calling, even baking Sophie a cake. I’m still cautious. But Sophie?
“I think Grandma will be better now,” she told me.
Whether Evelyn truly understands or not, I know one thing for certain: Sophie will never doubt that she belongs — not in my home, not in my family, not in her story.
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