Texting your mom at dawn the day of Grandma’s 80th after...

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1. Karen, there's a live auction selling Grandma's necklace under your seller handle.
2. What? Send the link now.
3. Link and screenshot.
4. Listing shows 'Estate sale' with bidding ending in two hours.
5. I didn't list anything, I swear.
6. That's your seller name though, karen_sells.
7. Photos are of Grandma's living room and the velvet box.
8. I would never sell Grandma's heirloom.
9. You listed it last month; I have the notification.
10. No, I didn't— I wouldn't hide that.
11. The buyer's current bid is astronomical.
12. And the shipment address is Gram's house.
13. I was at work every day last week.
14. Who else had keys after the party?
15. Mark, the new caretaker, stayed overnight yesterday.
16. Mark who?
17. Mark Rivera, Gram's temp helper from the ad.
18. I found a TikTok with him wearing the necklace.
19. Send that video right now.
20. Sent; his bio links to a pawn shop account.
21. Pawn shops usually don't list live auctions like that.
22. Maybe my account was hacked then.
23. Passwords are weirdly simple though; you use birthdays.
24. She told Gram her password three weeks ago.
25. I told Grandma to remember it for emergencies.
26. Why would Gram know your password?
27. Gram worried about scams; she asked me to remind her.
28. Gram just called sobbing; she thinks it's gone.
29. I'm driving to Gram's now and to the auction.
30. Wait, the auction ends at noon; bidders close fast.