“Don’t play dumb, Sophia. Her jewelry. The pearls. The bracelet. The wedding ring. Where are they?”
She rolled her eyes and scoffed. “Oh my God, Joyce, calm down. It’s not a big deal.”
Not a big deal? I thought, staring at her.
“She wasn’t even wearing them! They were just sitting there, collecting dust! Meanwhile, I needed a car. This one was on sale, so…” She flipped her hair and smirked. “I pawned them. Simple.”
“Seriously, Sophia? Do you have any idea what you did?” I asked. “You STOLE from Grandma.”
“I didn’t steal them, Joyce. I just… repurposed them. Grandma wasn’t even wearing most of that stuff anymore.”
“So, you thought selling them was the logical solution?” I asked.
She rolled her eyes. “Oh, please. Grandma doesn’t need money, and I do. This car? It’s not just a car. It’s an investment in my future. People take you seriously when you drive something nice. It’s like… an image thing.”
That’s when I knew I wasn’t going to let this go.
If Sophia thought she could take what she wanted, and that Grandma was too weak to fight back, she was wrong.
She was dead wrong.