Her mind wandered to stories surrounding her great grandmother—the original owner of that necklace. She remembered how nobody really knew much about her except for the fact that she was a hardworking woman who had immigrated and kept her family well-fed and knit together as best as she could.
Mara wondered if she might have known about the necklace’s value. Why did her great grandmother hold on to the necklace, if she knew its worth? None of her family members had made it very big in life. Surely, she would have tried to give her sons and daughters a better life if she had known?