Diane lifted her chin. “That is none of your business.”Lena pulled out her phone and opened her banking application, scrolling to the joint household card she had linked to the account for shared expenses.
Three recent charges from a luxury casino resort in Oklahoma. One from a boutique handbag shop in Plano.Lena looked up slowly. “You have already been using my card.”
Eric finally got to his feet.
“Lena, just calm down.”
She looked at him directly.
“You gave her access to my card?”
“It was for emergencies,” he said, not meeting her eyes.
Diane slammed her mug on the counter hard enough to make the surface shake.
“Don’t act like I’m stealing from some kind of saint. You have money. I want five thousand, and I want it by Friday.”“No,” Lena said.
Diane’s expression hardened in an instant.
