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May 21, 2026
After eight months deployed, I came home to a mourning wreath on the front gate and my grandfather locked in a wire kennel. My stepmother smiled in emerald green: "He belongs in there, and this estate is mine now." I didn't shed a tear. I shattered the lock — then Grandpa pressed a hidden key into my trembling palm.
