Richard jumped to his feet, dropping his paper.

“I was protecting my family from going bankrupt,” Richard said loudly.

“My contracting business took a hit.

I needed that money to keep my equipment lease from going into default.”

Hannah flinched next to me.

It was the first time she’d heard him admit where the money from her savings account had really gone.

“You took her health money to pay for backhoes,” the judge said.

“She just had a stomachache,” Richard insisted.