Mom!”

“No, Nancy. You were arranging things so I had no one left but you.”

Nancy turned toward Sophie.

“I was trying to protect Grandma.”

“From me?” Sophie asked.

Nancy had no answer.

A New Beginning

Tyler stepped away from his mother.

“You told me Sophie stopped calling because she didn’t care.”

Nancy snapped:

“Tyler, stay out of this.”

“No,” I said. “Let him continue reading …