“And with money meant for our future.”

“You were going to be my wife,” Seth said, stepping toward me.

“A wife helps her family when things get hard.”

“Not by being lied to,” I said.

“And not by giving up my career.”

His cousin Mark walked over and set his paper coffee cup on a folding table with a wet thump.

“Are you really dumping him over a scheduling conflict, Natalie?” Mark asked.

“He’s just trying to help his sister.”