I Came Home After Four Years Working Abroad and Found My Wife Starving in Our Backyard—Then My Mother Asked About the Money I Hadn’t Told Her Was Fake

“Demanding money.

Breaking things.

Accusing us of stealing.

Refusing to eat.

She has been unstable for months.”

Phoebe buried her face against my chest.

I looked at the necklace.

“Where did you get that?”