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.

 

Helen continued, “Unless the arrears are cleared by Friday, recovery proceedings may begin against the property listed as security.”

 

“My property?” I asked.

 

“Yes,” she said.

 

“The home where you and your son currently live.”“You’re not bargaining with my home,” I said.

 

Callum lifted one shoulder.

 

“Then stop calling me a liar and let me fix the payments.”

 

“With money from which account?” Graham asked.

 

“The one you emptied or the one you opened in Tessa’s name?”

 

Callum’s smile disappeared.

 

He walked out, leaving every box behind.

 

The next morning, Graham called while I was making Kieran toast.

 

“Callum has filed an emergency family application,” he said.

 

“He claims you excluded him from the marital home and are preventing contact with Kieran.”

 

“He has