MY SON BROKE A VASE AT A BALLROOM, THEN A WAITRESS’S PENDANT REVEALED THE SISTER MY LATE WIFE NEVER MENTIONED
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Chapter 6 - Anna Had Found Claire Too Late
Anna found Claire first.
Four months before Claire died.
She discovered a social-media obituary draft posted early by a hospice support group.
It mentioned Daniel and Ethan.
Anna called the number listed for family contact.
Victoria answered.
“She told me Claire didn’t want to see me.”
Daniel closed his eyes.
Anna continued.
“I believed her for two days.”
Then Anna drove to Claire’s hospice facility anyway.
But Claire had been transferred home.
Anna arrived too late.
Claire died the next morning.
Anna never saw her.
Victoria later told staff Anna was an estranged relative causing distress.
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That kept her away from the funeral too.
The pendant was all Anna had left.
