Where did you get that ring

“Hi, Grandma.”

She said, “Did you really tear up a twenty-thousand-dollar check in front of your sister?”

I closed my eyes.

“Yes.”

A pause.

Then she said, “Good.”

I laughed so suddenly I nearly dropped the phone.

Grandma Ruth continued, “Your grandfather once tore up a contract in front of a man who tried to cheat him on a roofing job. Said paper deserved continue reading …