---- failed me because he couldn't give me a good life. "Whenever I went to his house, he'd ask me if I was doing okay and why Yvette wasn't there. She had time, but she wouldn't even see Grandpa. Only I would. I had to lie and tell him Yvette had to study, but she would have time once she was done with her degree. "She... didn't show up even after she had graduated. My grandpa knew she'd never come. When I went to his place again, he told me never to come again, or my parents would be upset. "I was angry at him for chasing me away, so I never went back, just like Yvette. When I saw him for the last time in my life, he was... sick. Seriously sick. The doctor said he could live if he received proper medical attention, but money was a problem. "T called Dad. I called Mom, but they hung up on me. Then, I called you, and you called me a shameless bitch who would curse her own ---- grandfather for money. And when they came, I went on my knees and begged for money. The groveling hurt my forehead hard. And that only got me fifty dollars. 'That's how much you're worth, Ms. Marlin. Mr. Seinfield's words, not ours. f "That's what they said. "I begged and begged and begged, but money just wouldn't come. Eventually, Grandpa died. He was in the hospital when that happened. I had no money for the funeral either, so I had to take out a loan, and I thought... I thought I could pay it back anyway."