My husband came home and said, “I’m in love with another woman, but I still love you, so I’ll just live in both houses” — I thought he was joking until he began packing, so I taught him a lesson he never expected from me.

 

“Give us one more thing.”

 

Callum snatched a box from the floor.

 

“You’ll both regret turning this into a war.”

 

“No,” Elena said.

 

“We regret believing you.”

 

The following morning, Ruth met us at Graham’s office.

 

She enlarged the photograph on his computer.

 

“Look at the laptop screen,” she said.

 

A banking page was open behind Callum’s arm.

 

Four account names appeared down the side.

 

One carried my name.

 

Another carried Elena’s.

 

A third said Kieran Ward Junior Saver.

 

“No,” I whispered.

 

Graham zoomed in.

 

The balance beside Kieran’s name showed almost nothing.

 

“That account held twelve thousand pounds,” I said.

 

“Birthday

gifts, money from my grandmother, everything we saved for school.”

 

Ruth placed the marked envelope on the desk.

 

“I should have come sooner.”