After my son was born, I found a hidden chest in my grandparents’ attic with letters about Evelyn, their firstborn who vanished mysteriously. Confronting them revealed shocking family secrets.

Growing up with my grandparents, who raised me after my parents died in a car crash, always felt comforting yet confining. Now, with my own child, Liam, I moved back to my grandparents’ house. One day, I discovered a chest with letters revealing Evelyn’s existence. “Grandma, Grandpa, we need to talk,” I said, clutching the letters.

They admitted Evelyn got involved with a controversial group and disappeared in 1978. Determined to uncover the truth, I found Evelyn had lived under a new identity and had a daughter, Clara. Clara revealed Evelyn fled because my grandparents wanted to give her baby away and that they were involved in criminal activities.

Confronting my grandparents, they offered me a share of their inheritance to keep quiet, but I refused. Discovering they paid Liam’s father to leave us, I decided to leave with Liam, seeking a fresh start away from their toxic influence.