Inscription

By: Fiona Ballard

Narrated by: Kathleen Sawyer

As Beatrice Gardiner lies dying, she whispers two final words: "The ring." When her daughter, Fabienne, removes her mother's wedding band, she discovers an inscription bearing two dates—just three months apart. The mystery deepens when their grieving father, Ralph, refuses to explain. As Fabienne and her siblings investigate Beatrice's past, they uncover secrets that threaten to destroy their family.

Meanwhile, Samuel Gardiner, abandoned at birth and raised in foster care, learns of Beatrice's death and the family he never knew. Bitter over a lifetime of rejection, he infiltrates the grieving household, determined to claim his share of the inheritance, and perhaps exact revenge.

Sensing divisions within the family, Samuel allies himself with the isolated middle son, Douglas, persuading him to challenge his sisters for a larger inheritance. But as their uneasy partnership deepens, Douglas begins to question whether Samuel's true motive is money or vengeance.

Haunted by the past, Ralph is finally forced to confront the secrets he has spent decades concealing. As long-buried truths emerge, every family bond is tested.

Inscription is a gripping family drama of buried secrets, betrayal, and revenge. Told through the eyes of a man shaped by abandonment, it explores how hidden truths can fracture lives across generations. A wedding date. A birth date. Three months apart. One inscription that changes everything.

©2026 Fiona Ballard (P)2026 Fiona Ballard