Four weeks ago, he asked whether I planned to “keep working like this forever.”
Two weeks ago, Linda had made a strange comment at dinner.
She had looked around the dining room and said, “Michael has done so much with this place.”
I remembered laughing.
“He picked the television.”
Michael hadn’t laughed. A week later, he asked me where I kept copies of the condo paperwork. Then three days ago, I found a business card on the kitchen counter. A mortgage broker. I brought up my email and searched the broker’s name. Then I searched our shared household account. $475. PAYMENT: NORTHSHORE PROPERTY CONSULTING. We never hired a property consultant. The payment came from our shared account, which we used only for groceries, utilities, travel, and household expenses.
PROPERTY VALUATION / PRELIMINARY EQUITY REVIEW. Why would Michael order an equity review on a property he didn’t own? Michael was sitting at the island with coffee.