Fool’s Gold

Grandma passed the night before. I didn’t know her, met her only a few times so I wasn’t exactly shedding tears.

Then they dropped a bombshell: I was in the will.   

Hopes were suddenly sky-high. I had visions of cash-stuffed envelopes… old stock certificates… vintage jewelry.

Turns out all she left me was a wooden trunk – a century-old relic.

The contents were even more depressing. What the hell was I going to do with a dusty bible, a tattered saddle blanket and a shockingly well-preserved pair of Levi’s?

The trunk looked old, maybe I could get some money for that.