My son forgot to pick me up from the hospital, even after ten calls. Fearing something was wrong, I ignored the pain from my wounds, took a cab home, and found the locks changed. A note on the door read: “Don’t come back. There’s no place here for a leech.” I didn’t cry. I didn’t argue. Because my late husband left me one final secret weapon—and I’m about to change everything. The taxi drove away, leaving Martha, seventy-two years old, shivering on the sidewalk. She had just spent two weeks reco