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I was standing in Grandma’s laundry room, folding the same quilted blankets she’d used for years, when my phone buzzed.

The house still smelled like her—lavender, cedar, something soft and steady that hadn’t faded yet. It had only been eleven days since the funeral. Eleven days of casseroles, quiet voices, and people pretending grief made everyone kinder.