Cathryn could only sit speechlessly, and no words came to her lips. She blinked, completely blindsided by his words. "I...I don't..."

"I have a lot of money, and it would make me happy to see you spend some of it," Keith interrupted. "Cathryn, are you there?"

Cathryn stared and fumbled to find the right words, "Keith, I can't accept it. It's too much!"

"I won't take no for an answer, and that's the end of the discussion," Keith insisted.

As the days went by, grandma ...