Grace, now financially secure, received the news with tears of joy, while Thomas and Walter stormed out. A few weeks later, they showed up at Grace’s house, pretending to seek closure and asking to retrieve a few belongings. But as they searched Teresa’s old house, they found a letter from their mother,
explaining how they had abandoned her and that Grace and Katherine had truly been her family. The letter ended with Teresa’s wish for them to learn from their mistakes.Realizing the depth of their mother’s pain, the brothers left quietly. They only visited her grave once a year from then on, a silent acknowledgment that they had learned a painful lesson about family.