I Gave My Grieving Best Friend My Childhood Home—When I Walked In Without Warning, It Felt Like Another Life Entirely

lock had been changed.

It looked new.

Too new.

My stomach tightened immediately.

I knocked.

Once.

Then again.

No answer.

I took out my key.

It didn’t fit.

That was the moment everything in my mind started spiraling.

Had something happened?

Was she okay?

Had someone broken in?

Or worse, had she left without telling me?

I knocked harder.

Still nothing.

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