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00:00My name is Evelyn Walker. I'm 72 years old, and I've seen enough of life to know that people

00:06often surprise you, but never in the way my step-grandson, Tyler, did. The pain of what he

00:12did still lingers, like a thorn stuck deep in the fabric of my heart. I never imagined he could be

00:18capable of something so calculated, so personal, and so devastating. I married Richard Walker

00:25when I was 45. He had lost his wife three years prior and had two grown sons from that marriage.

00:32I never had children of my own, so stepping into a family with two boys was daunting,

00:37but I tried to be gracious and patient. One of those sons, Mark, eventually married and had a son

00:44of his own, Tyler. I met Tyler when he was just four years old, a shy, quiet boy who clung to his

00:51mother's legs and wouldn't speak to anyone. But over the years, I helped raise him in a way,

00:56especially after his parents divorced when he was 10. He'd spend weekends at our house,

01:01sometimes even full summers. I taught him how to make pancakes from scratch, how to weed a garden

01:07without hurting the roots, and how to stitch up a ripped shirt. I thought we had a bond that couldn't

01:12be broken. Richard passed away seven years ago. Losing him was hard, but the presence of Tyler in

01:19my life helped ease the loneliness. By that time, Tyler was 22, a bright young man with charm,

01:26ambition, and a smile that could win over the most cynical soul. He often stopped by to check on me,

01:33fix things around the house, brought groceries without being asked. I'd sit on the porch swing

01:38and beam with pride whenever neighbors complimented him. I even decided to make changes to my will.

01:44I had no biological children, and Tyler was the closest thing I had to family. I left the house

01:50to him and added his name to a few financial documents. It felt like the right thing to do.

01:55He cried when I told him, saying he'd never forget my kindness. And then everything began to unravel.

02:03It started with a phone call from my bank. Mrs. Walker, the manager said,

02:07we noticed a few large withdrawals from your savings account over the last couple of weeks.

02:12Just wanted to verify that they were authorized. I hadn't touched that account in months.

02:17My stomach sank. I asked him to read out the transaction history. For different transfers.

02:23All online. All to an unfamiliar account number. The total was over $62,000. I didn't authorize any of

02:32those. I said, my voice trembling. We suspected as much, which is why we flagged the account.

02:38I contacted the police. They came to my house, took statements, investigated. And then,

02:45a few days later, one of the detectives returned with grim news.

02:50Mrs. Walker, we tracked the IP address used for the online transfers.

02:54They came from a laptop registered under the name Tyler Bennett.

02:58My world stopped. Tyler? I couldn't believe it. I refused to believe it.

03:03There has to be some mistake. I whispered. I understand this is difficult. The officer said

03:09gently. But the laptop was used at a local coffee shop, and surveillance footage confirms Tyler was

03:15there on all four dates the transfers occurred. I still tried to rationalize it. Maybe he was framed.

03:21Maybe someone stole his computer. Maybe, maybe. But then I remembered. A week before the transfers

03:27began, Tyler had asked to use my laptop while visiting.

03:31My battery's dead, he said casually. I didn't think twice about it. He could have easily logged

03:37into my online banking account. I never logged out. I trusted him. I confronted him the next

03:43evening. He showed up at my house with that same charming smile. I had to physically hold the doorknob

03:49to stop my hands from shaking. Come in, I said, barely able to make eye contact. We sat at the

03:56dining table, the same one where we'd shared Sunday breakfasts and played board games in summer evenings.

04:02I need to ask you something, I said. Sure, anything, he replied. Did you take money from my account?

04:09His smile faltered for the briefest second, then returned. What?

04:14No, Grandma Evelyn. Why would I ever do that? I hated how natural he sounded. How calm. How believable.

04:22But I saw it. The flicker in his eyes. The slight twitch in his jaw. I have proof, I said softly.

04:30They trace the transactions. They have surveillance footage. They know it was you. Silence. The look

04:37on his face changed. That confident expression melted into something harder. Colder. So what now,

04:44he said, voice flat. I blinked. Tyler, why would you do this? I needed the money, he muttered, avoiding

04:51my eyes. I was in deep with some people. I didn't want to ask. You'd never understand. You could have

04:58come to me, I said, heartbreaking. I would have helped you, but stealing, lying. He stood up suddenly,

05:07pushing the chair back with a screech. I didn't have a choice. There's always a choice. He stormed out.

05:14And just like that, everything we shared crumbled into dust. I pressed charges. It was the hardest

05:20decision I've ever made, but it was also the right one. Tyler was arrested and faced court proceedings.

05:27The money, what was left of it, was returned to my account. He had used most of it for gambling and

05:33paying off debts. Apparently, he'd been spiraling for months, hiding it from everyone. But I wasn't just

05:40everyone. I was the woman who practically raised him. That betrayal cut deeper than any wound.

05:47During the trial, he never looked at me. Not once. He pleaded guilty in the end, accepted a reduced

05:53sentence through a plea deal, and served just over a year in a low-security facility. I thought the pain

06:00would go away with time, but it didn't. If anything, it settled in deeper, like an unwanted guest

06:06refusing to leave. Friends asked me if I regretted reporting him. Some said family should handle

06:13things privately. But I disagree. Love doesn't mean accepting abuse or deception. Love means standing

06:20firm in truth, even when it hurts. Three years passed before I heard from him again. I received a

06:26letter in the mail. No return address. Just my name written in a shaky hand. Inside, the letter read,

06:33Grandma Evelyn. I don't expect forgiveness. What I did was wrong. I hurt you, and I betrayed the

06:41person who believed in me the most. Prison was humbling. It gave me time to think. I know saying

06:47I'm sorry will never be enough, but I wanted you to hear it from me. You didn't deserve what I did to

06:53you. I was selfish, desperate, and foolish. I lost someone I loved deeply because of my actions.

07:00I miss you every day. I hope life is treating you better than I treated you. Love. Tyler.

07:08I read the letter twice. Then three times. My hands trembled just as they had the day I found out.

07:15The ache was still there, but so was something else. Maybe not forgiveness, not yet. But understanding.

07:22I never wrote back. I didn't know what to say. And, honestly, maybe he didn't need a response.

07:28Maybe he just needed to release the weight of his regret. Today, I still live in the same house.

07:34I still tend to the garden. I still make pancakes on Sunday mornings, even if it's just for myself.

07:41I carry the memory of betrayal like an old scar. Faint, but still visible. I never imagined my

07:48step-grandson would betray me. But I also never imagined that, one day, he might learn from it.

07:54That's the thing about people. They can disappoint you, yes. But sometimes, sometimes they surprise you, too.

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