“You need to think very carefully about what you say next, Brandon.”
“What, are you threatening me now?”
“No. I’m warning you that every single word you say may end up inside an official police file.”
His confident tone changed immediately.
“Is your lawyer friend Claire orchestrating all of this behind my back?”
I ignored the question.
“Where is the missing $170,000 from our joint savings account?”
The line went completely silent.
Then Brandon stammered, “What are you talking about?”
“I saw the wire transfers. I saw the maxed-out credit card. And I found the forged $90,000 personal loan.”
I could hear his breathing turn heavy and uneven.
“Look, I can explain all of that if you just sit down with me.”
“Go ahead. I’m listening.”
He sighed.
“Lucas was having serious financial problems with his business, okay?”
“And he needed more than a hundred thousand dollars of my money to solve them?”
