My Mother-in-Law Brought 38 Friends to My Restaurant and Ordered $23,289 of Food—She Stopped Smiling When I Put the Folder Beside Her Bill

Mortgage.

Home-equity borrowing.

Credit-card balances.

Travel.

Clothing.

Entertaining.

Lucas’s transfers had helped her maintain a lifestyle she could no longer afford.

When the transfers stopped and legal expenses began, the numbers no longer worked.