The page was a bank statement. The morning after my call with Lydia, I had found Greg\u2019s old tablet in the hall closet, still signed into his messages. One sleepless night of reading told me everything. He and Lydia had been seeing each other for eleven months. The swap was a cover story, meant to make the affair look harmless, so that when Greg moved out I would blame no one. The statement showed sixty thousand dollars moved from our joint savings into an account only he could reach.<\/p>\n
I never confronted Greg. On Friday afternoon I made two phone calls. The first was to Diane, who prepared divorce papers and a full record of the missing money. The second was to Marcus, who had no idea. Lydia had told him it was a harmless reset for both marriages, and he had agreed only because he wanted to save his own. He listened to the messages in silence and asked me to say nothing until tonight. That was why he looked so uncomfortable when he arrived.<\/p>\n
The small surprise was Helen. Diane had gone to see her that afternoon and shown her the same messages, and Helen had insisted on coming. Greg tried to speak. \u201cIt was a mistake. We can fix this.\u201d Helen shook her head. \u201cYou lied to your wife and to your mother for almost a year.\u201d Lydia whispered that she was sorry, but Marcus did not look at her. He lifted her overnight bag and set it by the door.<\/p>\n
Greg\u2019s suitcase was already waiting, and I had changed the locks that afternoon. Diane handed him the divorce papers and the accounting of the missing sixty thousand dollars, with a deadline for repayment. Marcus left with a quiet goodbye and filed for divorce the next week. Greg moved into a rented room and repaid the money within the month to avoid court. Helen stayed for dinner, and she still holds my hand across the table. For the first time in twenty-one years, I felt like myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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