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

“Do you still think about the fake million?”

I laughed.

“Yes.”

“What would’ve happened if they hadn’t reacted?”

“I don’t know.”

“Would you have doubted me?”

I turned toward her.

“No.”