“The roof had a huge leak over the master bedroom,” Desmond said.

“Then we needed foundation repairs on the south side.

The contractor charged double.

And Ranata wanted to keep up her expensive memberships at the club to maintain her real estate client network.”

Helen stared at her son-in-law.

The soft, questioning look was completely gone from her face.

“You knew she was lying to us,” Helen said.

“I thought she was just borrowing it for a while,” Desmond said.