Because what Eric had forgotten was that his entire lifestyle ran on his mother’s money.
And she’d just decided to stop signing the checks.
PART 2
I need to explain the money, because it turns everything.
Barbara’s late husband — Eric’s father — had built a successful business and left Barbara wealthy. Not flashy wealthy. Quiet, careful, old-fashioned wealthy.
And Eric, her only son, had spent his entire adult life living on it.
The house he’d shut the door of in my face? Barbara owned it. She let Eric live there.
The car in his driveway? Barbara’s money.
