Gavin looked at me with a mixture of shock and disbelief, as if I had somehow secretly orchestrated the legal arrangement yesterday.

“I honestly had no idea.”

“Neither did I until today,” I admitted truthfully.

For a brief, almost absurd moment, the two of us were united in shared bewilderment over our past choices.

Then I brought the conversation right back to the bank transfers.

“You used shared business capital to fund your aunt’s expenses.”

“I fully intended to repay every cent back to the company,” he insisted quickly.

“Repay it with what money, Gavin?”