And you know what she said, Shay? Before she took that generous check and closed the door in our faces?” I ached to my core, and tears welled in my eyes. “She said: ‘I’ll tell you what I told your father—I want no part in your family.’ So no, Shay, I don’t believe she thinks she’s undeserving. If anything, to her, we’re the undeserving ones.”

