Large cash withdrawals with nothing to show for them.

Over eighteen months, Ansel had quietly moved more than ten thousand dollars out of their life and into his mother’s and sister’s — the same eighteen months in which he had told Odalind, again and again, that they simply couldn’t afford to start saving for a child.

And then, underneath all of it, she found the worst thing.

Chapter 12 — The Lease and the Jewelry

Among the recent transactions was a large deposit — the security payment on a luxury apartment lease, registered under Sorrel’s name.

Odalind checked the date of that transfer.