But Gloria had the last word. Hidden in her letter was a flash drive — a video message she’d recorded for this very moment. In it, she exposed Caleb’s affair and Tessa’s entitled behavior. She called me her hope. Her legacy. That night, everything changed.

Tessa began showing up — to life. Caleb started trying. And I stood taller, not because I owned a house, but because I finally believed I deserved one. Gloria didn’t just leave me an inheritance. She left me the truth — and the power to rebuild a family from the ashes.