Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

“Some secrets are better left in the past, Martha.”

“My grandfather was a national hero for naming that product,” I said.

“A name is just a name,” she said.

She looked toward the front window, refusing to meet my eyes again.

I looked at the uncashed check lying between us on the table.

He had kept the check in the dark for a lifetime, a debt that was never continue reading …