Chapter 7 - You Look DifferentA year later, Grandma came over for Naomi's first birthday. She stood in my kitchen watching my daughter happily smear frosting across her face.
Then she turned toward me. "You look different."
I smiled. I was wearing jeans I had purchased myself. My hair was done. There was money in my own account. But I knew that wasn't what she meant.
"I feel different."
Grandma reached out and took my hand.
The day I appeared on her porch, she initially thought my financial situation was what had shocked her. It wasn't. What truly shocked her was discovering that people she trusted had intentionally kept us separated while benefiting from the distance between us.
I arrived carrying my baby and almost nothing else. But I eventually walked away with something worth far more than the money that had disappeared.
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The truth.
And once Grandma and I finally had that, the people who had built their lives around keeping us apart had nowhere left to hide.
