I stared at the screen for a few seconds after she hung up.

paid.

I always softened the landing.

“Not anymore,” I said.

A long silence.

“What do you want us to do?”

Not anger. Not dominance.

Resignation.

“Return what you can. Cooperate with the bank. And never use my accounts again.”

“We don’t have $85,000.”

“Then you shouldn’t have spent it.”

It sounded harsh.

It was also true.

The investigation continued. Because there continue reading …