**You’re Just the Grandmother, She Said at the Funeral**

Gloria took the call and listened without interrupting. When she hung up she explained it plainly. Chelsea had already filed an emergency motion that morning seeking to susp

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end all grandparent contact, claiming the children were “traumatized by the grandmother’s presence.” The motion had been drafted in haste and contained several factual errors. Because a valid court order already existed, the emergency filing would be heard against the existing order rather than in a vacuum. Gloria prepared the enforcement motion and the response to the emergency claim in the same packet.

By the end of the day both documents were filed. The judge’s original order stood. Chelsea’s printed schedule carried no weight. Her emergency motion was set for an expedited hearing where she would have to explain why she believed a three-year-old court order could be ignored. The interference provision Daniel had insisted on was formally invoked. Any further attempt to block the ordered visitation would place Chelsea in contempt. The twins’ time with their grandmother remained exactly what the court had already decided it should be.

Aria Lexicon is the pen name of the writer and editor behind The Daily Signal, a site for original short fiction about families, grudges, awkward neighbors and the small decisions that turn into big ones. Every story is invented; every character is made up. When She isn't writing, She's reading other people's stories and trying to figure out why the good ones work.

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