Ten Days Before Christmas, I Overheard Her Plan—So I Quietly Changed Everything

her into something larger.

“I wanted the land,” she said. “I thought if I had all of it, I’d feel like I’d done enough. Like Grandma would’ve been proud.”

“She was proud of you,” I said. “She left you the main house.”

“It wasn’t enough,” Natalie whispered.

“It was supposed to be,” I said.

She looked at the lake. “I’m in therapy now. Marcus insisted.”

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