After my uncle’s passing in 2021, my family discovered journals and letters among his belongings, revealing shocking secrets. The most disturbing was his belief that my grandma had a role in my grandpa’s death, which had been ruled an accident.

Initially dismissed as a wild theory, the journals unearthed hidden family truths, including my dad’s affair and my cousin’s DUI. The revelations about my grandma haunted me, challenging the sweet image I had of her. As the discovery shook our family, no one spoke of it again, but I couldn’t stop wondering what else we were kept in the dark about.