Emma danced with her groom, Dylan, savoring their first dance, though her parents’ absence stung. The hotel manager interrupted, saying her uninvited grandmother, Martha, waited outside with a gift. Reluctantly, Emma met her. Martha, tearful, offered a jewelry box, but Emma, bitter over her father’s imprisonment and death—blaming Martha’s refusal to sell her bakery—rejected it, throwing it down. It broke, revealing an emerald ring and a note. The note confessed
Martha’s belief that Emma’s father was abusive, justifying her choice, and revealed the bakery was meant for Emma. Stunned, Emma learned Martha had sold her house after a stage-four cancer diagnosis and died the night before. Rushing to the motel, Emma arrived too late. Overwhelmed, she screamed, grappling with regret and love for the grandmother she’d misjudged.
