They Tore Down My Fence While I Was Away So I Made Sure Their Property Ended in Concrete and Steel

The deposit was there.

But thousands of dollars were missing.

At first, I thought it was a mistake. I checked again. And again.

It wasn’t.

There were multiple transfers—quiet, scattered, deliberate.

That night, I slid my laptop across the table toward Troy.

“Did you move money out of checking?”

He barely looked up from the television.

“I paid the bills.”

“How much?”