Daniel swallowed hard, his jaw clenching as he stared at the audit sheets.

“I’m building a new client list.”

“Not before October fifteenth,” I said.

“That was the hard closing deadline in the Golden property escrow agreement.

That’s why you asked me to take on weekend overtime shifts to pay down the equity balance.”

“Claire, please,” Daniel said, reaching across the white envelope toward my hand.

“Think about what we built here together.

Think about our life in this house.”