She said we might have to sell the house because we can’t pay the mortgage anymore.

I stared at the glowing text bubble on the little screen.

Kendra was methodically draining the accounts and feeding the kids a false story.

She was using the stolen money to pay for her life with Brett while making me the reason they’d have to pack up and leave their home.

Cody’s really scared, Haley wrote.

He went to his room and put his baseball trophies in a box.

I gripped the sides of the phone.