“Then explain it.”
He said nothing.
I placed the hotel charges on the table.
Then the phone records.
Then the photograph from outside the hotel.
Mark stared at the picture.
Jenna covered her mouth.
Daniel added copies of the transfers from their savings account.
Her eyes widened.
“What is this?”
“You tell me.”
She looked down.
Daniel said, “Almost $9,000 moved into your private account.”
“I can explain.”
“I’d love that.”
Jenna began talking quickly.
Some money had paid debts she’d concealed from Daniel.
Some she’d saved because she doubted their marriage would survive.
And some had been spent during the affair.
Daniel looked at her.
“You were preparing for the marriage to fail before you married me?”
“No.”
“Then why hide money?”
“I was scared.”
“So was I. I married you anyway.”
Then Mark instinctively reached toward Jenna.
He stopped halfway.
But Daniel and I both noticed.
