She listened without interrupting.
When I finished, she explained that I should preserve the evidence, protect my personal information, review our finances carefully, and avoid making sudden decisions about joint property or accounts.
She also told me not to assume that every suspicious transaction meant what I feared it meant. We needed records, not guesses.
I appreciated that.
I didn’t need another person telling me what Mark had done. I needed someone who could help me understand what came next.
Daniel contacted a lawyer of his own.
He was still wearing his wedding ring when he called me that afternoon.
“Mom, I checked the account again.”
“What did you find?”
“Some of the money went into Jenna’s private account, but I can’t tell where it went after that. I need to get proper records.”
“Then let your lawyer help you.”
He was quiet.
“Dad used to tell me that marriage was about being honest even when the truth made you look bad.”
