I Called My Mom After Giving Birth and She Said She Was Too Busy With My Sister’s Party Until the Next Day They Came Begging

visitor chair, gripping her handbag with both hands. “Your father updated his will before he died.”

I felt something go cold in my stomach. “And?”

She exhaled. “He left you the lake house.”

The words did not register properly on the first pass. “What?”

“The property in Cedar Pines,” Vanessa said quickly. “The one Grandpa built. It’s in your name.”

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