He did keep it, in a sense.

I never did have to look at a price tag, in all our years together.

But not because he grew rich enough to spare me the worry.

Because I grew rich enough to pay for everything myself, and then paid for it, and paid for it, and paid for it, while he took the credit for a wealth that flowed in the opposite direction from the one he had promised.

Chapter 5 — The Stronger Swimmer