“Just pull them,” Julian said, his voice dropping an octave. “I noticed a filing change on the state registry yesterday, and I want to verify something before I say it out loud.”
He hung up before I could ask him what he meant, leaving only the dead tone in my ear.
I stood there in the quiet corridor, the fluorescent tubes overhead buzzing with a low, irritating hum that seemed to vibrate in my teeth.
I opened the banking app again, my fingers moving quickly across the glass screen to navigate the security settings.
I found the card management menu, selected the shared Visa card, and tapped the option to lock it immediately.
I did the same for Chloe’s authorized card, watching the status indicators turn from green to grey.
I sat down on the empty plastic bench under the buzzing lights, the coldness of the plastic seeping through my trousers as I prepared to freeze the remaining accounts.
