This wasn’t meddling. This was a warning.
I went to the guest room he used as a home office and sat behind his desk. The manila folder was exactly where she said it would be, neatly labeled Household/Misc.
At first, everything looked normal. His salary matched what he’d told me. Grocery stores. Utilities. Online shopping.
Then I noticed the pattern.
Three withdrawals. Same date. Same amounts. Every single month.
$2,840
$1,125
$760
Nearly five thousand dollars.
I traced them back—six months, a year, farther. The numbers never changed.
Continue on the next page:
