LISA?! MY GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER?!” she shouted.

It was Grandma Consuelo.

My billionaire grandmother who lived in Europe. We hadn’t seen each other in ten years, ever since my parents cut all communication between us.

She ran toward us, not caring that the mud was sticking to her expensive shoes.

My God! Lisa! Mia!” she sobbed, hugging us tightly. “What are you doing here? Why are you so dirty? Why are you waiting in line for food?

Grandma… we don’t have a home…” I cried, unable to believe that she was really standing in front of me. “We’re so hungry…

Grandma Consuelo cupped my face in her trembling hands. Her tear-filled eyes darkened with anger.

What do you mean you don’t have a home?” she whispered, trying to keep her composure. “Where are your parents? Where is my house?

I shook my head, confused, my heart pounding.

What house, Grandma…?

Her expression changed. No longer tenderness, but pure ice.

“The mansion on Hawthorne Street,” she said slowly. “The house I left for you and your daughter as an inheritance, eight years ago. Signed, registered, and paid for. It was yours.”

I felt the world crashing down on me.

I… I never knew about this…