Weeks, not months.” She let that sit a moment.
“He didn’t just steal the money you sent to keep them comfortable, Ezra.
He put the last thing they own — the roof over their heads — on the table to cover his own debts.”
Chapter 11 — The Proposal
Ezra came back to the house with the full case file under his arm and found Gideon already waiting in the living room — and not alone.
Beside him sat his wife, Joanne, pale and quiet, and a stern man in a pressed suit who introduced himself as a representative of the lending company.