My Stepmother Called to Ban Me From the Family Beach House Not Knowing My Mom Had Left It to Me in a Secret Trust

ALEXANDRA, BEACH HOUSE, IMPORTANT. The word IMPORTANT was underlined three times, which was very much in keeping with who she was.

I sat back on my heels and opened it carefully.

The smell of old paper rose up, warm and faintly sweet, and underneath it something that might have been the ghost of the lavender drawer sachets she had kept everywhere. Inside,continue reading …