Grandmother Takes Her Asthmatic Grandson’s Inhaler at Christmas—Then a Hidden Custody Record Claims She Controls His Medical Care
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Chapter 24 - EVAN’S QUESTIONEvan read the letter.
Then asked:
“Was Grandma a good guardian?”
I had not prepared for that.
I could have answered:
No.
Easy.
Clean.
False.
“Yes.”
His eyebrows rose.
“She took care of you when I couldn’t.”
“She was good?”
“Yes.”
“Then how did she do Christmas?”
Because people want character to work like permanent labels.
Good.
Bad.
Safe.
Unsafe.
I said:
“She was good at taking care of you during an emergency. Then she started believing that because she had been needed once, she should keep being in charge.”
Evan thought.
“Like not knowing when your turn is over?”
Exactly.
“Yes.”
He folded the letter.
“That’s weird.”
“It is.”
“Can I forgive the old guardian part and still be mad about Christmas?”
I smiled sadly.
May you like
“Yes.”
Children invented better legal frameworks than adults.
Related Stories
Chapter 25 - THE BLUE INHALER BECOMES BORINGTwo years after Christmas, Evan was twelve.
Chapter 26 - THE FIRST CHRISTMAS CARDTwo years and nine months after the original Christmas, Evan agreed to exchange cards directly with Linda.
Chapter 27 - The EndThree years after the Christmas tree, the blue inhaler, the slap, and the hidden guardianship page, Evan was thirteen.
