My Husband Said a Foster Child Would Leave With Nothing—Then a DNA Match Brought a Man With a Silver Cane to Our Divorce Hearing
The total was $36.12.
I kept that receipt too.
After eating an apple outside the store, I returned to the clinic to arrange safer banking and contact details.
We discussed opening an account in my own name, retaining the records, and avoiding the assumption that a new account could conceal marital property.
The purpose was reliable access, not a secret financial trick.
That evening, Elena drove me to the motel.
She checked the door latch with me before leaving.