Taking Custody of a Child Was the Shocking Part of My Late Mother’s Will Until I Uncovered the Hidden Clause
When the lawyer says I’ll inherit the estate only if I take guardianship of a girl named Violet, I can barely breathe. I drive home with my mother’s will in my lap and questions clouding my mind. My mother, quiet and grieving after my father’s death, had spent two years caring for this child—something she…