I thought I was giving up the last meaningful thing I had just to survive another month. I had no idea that walking into that pawn shop would unravel a past I didn’t even know was mine. After my divorce, I didn’t leave with much. A cracked phone that barely held a charge. Two trash bags stuffed with clothes I didn’t even like anymore. And one thing I’d never planned to let go of: my grandmother’s old necklace. That was it. I didn’t leave with much. My ex-husband didn’t just walk out. He ensured I had nothing to fall back... Continues…
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