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We bought a house in the suburbs and took one vacation a year, usually somewhere we could drive to, while the kids asked, “Are we there yet?”
It was all so normal that I didn’t even notice the lies until it was too late.
Life felt easy for the longest time.
We’d been married 35 years when I noticed money missing from our joint account.
Our son had sent us some money — a partial repayment of a loan we’d given him three years back. I logged in to move it into savings, same as always.
The balance just about gave me a heart attack.
The deposit was there, sure. But the account balance was still thousands lower than it should have been.
I scrolled down and found several transfers had been made over the past few months.
I noticed money missing from our joint account.