Melissa suddenly blurted, “He paid off credit cards.”
Grant spun toward her.
“You had those cards too.”
“And you told me we were only using Mom’s money temporarily.”
“Stop pretending you didn’t enjoy it.”
Their argument erupted so quickly that I barely needed to ask questions.
I simply listened.
A luxury kitchen renovation.
Forty thousand dollars toward old credit card balances.
A down payment on Grant’s SUV.
Furniture.
A country-club initiation fee that supposedly helped Grant “network.”
A ten-day vacation to Aruba.
Another trip to Cabo.
Private-school tuition they later abandoned.
Designer clothing.
Restaurant bills.
Several investments Grant had made through a friend.
Investments that had apparently failed.
Melissa had believed at least some of the money remained in savings.
Grant had repeatedly told her he would “rebuild the account.”
