MY HUSBAND BOUGHT ME A TRIP TO PARIS. 20 MINUTES AFTER SAYING GOODBYE, I SNEAKED BACK IN AND HID IN THE BATHROOM

I pressed record.

Then Richard asked: “What are we doing about the $480,000 already drained from her secondary accounts over the last two years?”

The silence was worse than any answer.

Because I hadn’t known about that money.

And I’m the person who notices missing money for a living.

PART 2

I lay on that marble floor and I did the thing I do best. I stopped feeling and started auditing.

$480,000. Drained from my secondary accounts. Over two years. Without my knowledge.