i'll try to make this as short as possible without leaving out key facets of the story. my grandmother died 15 years ago and before she died, there was this necklace that she had and i loved it....she died when i was 12. she told me that i should have the necklace when she died. well, my very controlling (and with what is perhaps narcissistic personality disorder) aunt hoarded all of my grandmother's stuff and my dad did nothing to stop her, because that's the way everyone treats her.
so early this year, my T at the time helped me gain enough strength to ask my aunt for the necklace. this was in Feb. now after months of waiting and with her trying to get duplicates made of the thing....over and over until she was satisfied, she finally gave me "the" necklace last week. she was in my area on vacation. she doesn't live very close by.
well i was suspicious of it as soon as she handed it to me. she just gave me the box and ran off without saying a word. i took that to mean she was guilty of something. i looked at the necklace and it just wasn't right. it has sharp edges and recent polish marks on it. it has engraving on the back....fresh engraving, marking the year 1966..... but i do not believe withone cell of my body that that's when it was created.
what do i do? i didn't know what to say then. i don't want to enrage her or offend her without concrete proof. i have a friend who is a jeweler and i will show it to her.
my coworkers advised me to write her and say "i think you might have given me your copy of the necklace instead of the original one by accident. can i please have the original one?"
if she did it on purpose, i've vowed never to speak to her again. she's done a lot of other things too that i don't need to get into.
does anyone have any idea of what i can do or say? i just hate it when things are not honest and it just breaks my heart.

she breaks my heart.

my grandmother is probably spinning in her grave. her heart is broken too.