Grandma knew I was making a compromise, so she agreed, "Alright, I'll have someone prepare your favorite dishes when you come."

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Aurora accompanied me as we took Grandma and Robert back to the Baker family mansion.

Since Robert's mental decline, he'd become very clingy with Grandma. He occasionally glanced at me with a silly grin, barely speaking except to call my name "Sophia" now and then. Whenever he saw my mom, he'd call her "darling" - it took all of my mom's ...