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" Why are we going there?" I asked. " You’ ll see in just a minute," Mr. Newman said.
As I walked in I was surprised to see my grandparents sitting in the living room. " Come here and sit down," Grandad said. " Grammy and I think it’ s time you know everything."
I sniffed back my tears and sat
When we would ask her if
down. Grandad everything was ok, she went on, " I know would just laugh and say you’ ve been wondering why she had been busy … you’ d never seen
us before. Well, we adored Jenny, your mom. She was our only child and to be honest, we both thought everything she did was perfect. When she was growing up we were happy. She had a great childhood and we were very proud of her.
When she married your dad and moved away we thought everything would be wonderful for her. Things were good for her for a while but in the back of my mind, I suspected something wasn’ t quite right. Her phone calls and letters started to come less often. When we would ask her if everything was ok, she would just laugh and say she had been busy taking care of your dad and the house. I didn’ t believe her. Eventually Jenny stopped writing and calling us completely. We were so worried we went to see her. When we got to the house a stranger opened the door. The lady told us the young couple had moved out several
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