The Birthday Dinner Stopped When I Asked My Son One Question

face had gone past pale into something waxy. “Borrowing how?”

Carla let that sit for one second too long.

“Cash. Wires. Credit line access once. He told me it was temporary.”

Daniel muttered, “Please.”

Then Carla said the part nobody expected.

“He also told me he was leaving you.”

Even Janice went quiet at that.

Brittany laughed once. It came out wrong.

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