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but on other people, I just love it.
    Nana took over. “AJ, you go outside and you call your sister right now. You tell her about Cara’s generous offer. You tell her not to do anything until she talks to Cara. I love the girl, but organization is not her forte, and if they’re doing this on a budget, organization is key.”
    “Yes ma’am.”
    AJ walked out the door without further comment.
    I love that he loves his grandma.
    “Thank you Cara.”
    “My pleasure. I have a wedding to go to, and my sister and I are going on a cruise at some point, but I’ll make it work. I love to organize and scrub and boss people around.”
    She laughed. “For that too, but what I was speaking of, is the love you have for my grandson. I’ve prayed his whole life that he would fall in love with a woman who would light up every time he walks in the room. You do that. His eyes light up every time he says your name. They say that a man will fall in love with a woman very much like his mother…”
    My brain flipped. That sure went from a compliment to an insult in a hurry. Was I detached? Cold? Before the whole thought could form, Nana explained.
    “I prayed that AJ would find someone quite unlike his mother, someone kind, and family oriented, and someone that would love him through the bad moments in life. I think he has found you.”
    I didn’t know what to say, and I didn’t want to cry, “Thank you.”
    “Cara, I’m fine now, but when you get to be my age, you start to recognize that the life you have left is getting shorter. You want to make it worth something. You want to make sure that the people you love, the people you will leave behind, will be well cared for.”
    I took a deep breath and slapped my thighs with my hands, making just a little bit too much noise in a hospital room, “Okay, you know what, this is getting all together too heavy-hearted. All my life I’ve tried to avoid giving my dad a heavy heart. We can’t go there our very first meeting. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate what you have said about AJ and me, but you need to know, that whatever happens between me and AJ, you will always be the most important woman in his life, and you need to stick around.”
    I decided I’d cry later. The smile on her face was enough to keep me together for a little while.
    I decided to change the subject to something a little safer, like serial murder, “So, I went downstairs and searched everything I could think of, but I didn’t get much information. Your idea is probably the best one anyone has had so far, I have no idea why I didn’t think of it.”
    “Sometimes when you’re in the middle of a problem, it’s hard to see around the corners.”
    “True. I’ll do all those kinds of searches when I get home.”
    “Good. And Cara, while you’re at it, you might want to do a couple of other little things.”
    I pulled out my phone to take notes. “Shoot.”
    She laughed, “Nothing that drastic Dear. It is unreasonable for you to hand over the memory cards to another party and not even know what is on them. Should a situation arise that you need that information as a bargaining chip, you have nothing to put on the table. You are not protecting yourself at all.”
    “You know, I don’t know what came over me. There are two kinds of people in the world. Those that want all the facts so they know what’s going on, even if they can’t do anything about it right that second, and those that don’t want to know what’s going on, almost until it’s too late, so that they can ignore the problem. I’ve always been the first kind of person. I hate the kind of person that looks the other way when a challenge is presented. I’ve never been that kind of person, well, not until lately.”
    “So, what changed?”
    “I’m not sure.”
    “Could it be that you’ve never had anything to lose before?”
    “Not really. I’ve always had my family. I would do anything for them. I’d trade my life for any one of