My seven-year-old granddaughter found a diamond ring at the grocery store and gave it back to its rightful owner. The following morning, a stranger appeared at our front door and declared, “There’s something you need to see. And you need to see it right now!”

“It’s been three full years since the accident,” I pointed out coldly.

“I know,” Brandon admitted, looking down at his polished shoes. “We actually sent two formal letters through a law firm to locate any relatives.”

My mind immediately jumped to my messy kitchen drawer full of unopened official envelopes that I had been too terrified to read.

“What do you people actually want from us now?” I demanded.

“My father is actively dying,” Brandon revealed quietly. “The hospital doctors give him only a few weeks left.”

“I’m sorry to hear that,” I said, though in reality I didn’t care about a man who had abandoned his own daughter.

“Natalie and I want Harper to meet him before he passes away,” Brandon explained.

“And what does your father say about that?” I asked.

“He insists he doesn’t want to see her,” Brandon replied honestly.

“Then why did you come marching up to my house?” I snapped.

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