Miriam was 65 when she decided to have a trip in the Bahamas. She was grieving for five years, she needed a change to fix that. After she checked in at the reception of her hotel, she was looking around. Then she saw something shocking.
She saw her daughter Pamela, and son-in-law Frank. But how? They were dead. Thats why Miriam was grieving.
She left her bags at the reception and started to follow them. When the couple stopped, she yelled at her daughter, “Pamela!”
When her daughter turned her head and looked at who was calling her, her face went pale. Then Frank saw Miriam. He panicked.
“Stop right there! Or I’ll call the police!” Miriam said as her heart was about to stop. Later, they went to their hotel room.
Frank stated that they never meant to hurt her. Miriam laughed, “I buried you! Do you have any idea what it feels like to bury your daughter?”
“We had our reasons.” Pamela said then.
Then Frank continued, “We won the lottery.”
Miriam was shocked. Frank stated that since they received a lot of money, they knew that people would want a share. Thats why they faked their own death and ran away.
Miriam was angry. “Like paying back the money you borrowed from Frank’s family for that failed business? Like being there for your cousin’s kids after their parents died? Those kinds of obligations?”
“Pamela, how could you do this? To me?”
Pamela was crying. She tried to say that Frank planned everything, but he cut her words. He stated that she agreed on his plan.
Miriam then understood that Frank was manipulating her daughter. She was devastated more than the day she learned that her daughter was dead.
Miriam turned to her daughter and stated that they can fix this. She wanted her daughter to come with her.
Frank was scary. He said that he “they” are not going anywhere.
“I can’t.” Pamela cried.
She left the room, and went downstairs to take her bags. She directly went to airport and returned back home. This vacation gave her everything she needed.
THREE YEARS LATER
Pamela was standing on the porch of Miriam’s house. It was raining. Miriam was surprised when she saw her daughter. “Can I come in?” Pamela asked.
She had worn clothes on her, and her eyes had dark circles around them. Pamela started to cry, “The money, the house, everything. Frank… he got into some bad investments. Started gambling. I tried to stop him, but…”
Despite how much Miriam wanted to hug and comfort her daughter, she held herself back. “Why are you here, Pamela?”
Miriam knew the answer, the silence Pamela was in already told her why she was there. Miriam asked her daughter to go to police and confess everything.
“But… I could go to jail.”
“You could. I don’t want you to, but it’s the only way forward. The only way to truly make amends.”
Then they went to the police station together to make things right.
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