He wasn’t just buying a house with Melissa.

He was actively working with his ex-wife to make Ava blame me for their money troubles.

I flipped to the last printed page in the stack.

It was a checklist Melissa had typed up.

It included deadlines for the title company, dates for the home inspection, and a reminder to secure the final sixteen thousand five hundred dollars before the middle of October.

I closed the green folder.