Older Granddaughter Inherits House from Grandma, Younger One Gets Old Photographic Film — Story of the Day

Two women lost their grandmother and were informed of her will; the younger one got an old photographic film while her older sister inherited the house, but there was more to the film than they both realized.

Ann and Mary were opposite sides of a coin. The sisters were born five years apart, and they couldn’t have been more different. Where Ann, the youngest of the pair, was a very kind and good girl, her sister, Mary, was not.

Ann had been caring for their grandmother Petunia for two years because of her health troubles, but Mary had left their town to find greener pastures.

“I won’t waste the best years of my life cleaning up after someone who has already lived hers,” she said.

It was not that Ann could not be as selfish as Mary, but the girl had never forgotten how much their grandmother sacrificed for them after their parents died in a car accident when they were younger.

“It’s the least I can do,” she would tell herself.

To that end, she spent as much of her free time as was possible with her granny, who acted oblivious until one day when she summoned both women.

She was dying, and it was time for her to share her last words with her only surviving family. “Thank you both for all you’ve been doing to care for me,” she said, even though they all knew who had really been doing that.

“You should save your strength, granny,” a concerned Ann told her.

“Shhh,” Mary hissed. “We both know why she has summoned us, now let her get to it!”

Petunia smiled at Mary’s antics then passed to draw several breaths before proceeding. “Mary, I leave my house to you,” she said. “And Ann is to inherit this small box.”

Ann collected the box gently then leaned in to hug her granny for the gift. As she did, the woman whispered, “I’ve been keeping this secret my whole life. You deserve it, my lovely granddaughter.”

After that, she addressed them both again, mentioning her last wish. “The only thing...