“No.”

“Did you tell them how much would remain?”

He glanced at me.

“I knew she would make a scene.”

I listened to the silence that followed.

Sometimes the clearest statement is the one nobody intends to make.

We proposed a repayment schedule funded partly by selling discretionary assets and partly by documented monthly transfers, with protections around future withdrawals.

Gavin objected to the amounts, the dates, and the implication that he owed anyone an explanation.