My husband went on vacation with his mother and sister and left me with the kids to harvest sweet corn on my parents’ property. Before leaving, he laughed and said, “A little work might be good for you too.” I didn’t argue. I simply froze my cards. The next day, he called me in a pan!c because they couldn’t cover the $4,200 hotel bill… but he still had no idea what I had uncovered.

immediately.”

Rachel stared toward the farmhouse.

Her mother was coming onto the porch carrying a pitcher of lemonade.

Rachel’s hands had begun to shake because she was starting to realize how much remained hidden from her.

“Can you send me copies of everything?”

“Yes.”

“Every document.”

“Yes.”

“And please preserve the login information connected to the application.”

The woman paused.

“I can make a note of that request.”

“Please do.”

Rachel’s accountant instincts had taken control.

Fear could wait.

First came documentation.

Dates. Amounts. Signatures. IP addresses.

She ended the call and immediately contacted her company’s HR department.

Within twenty minutes, they confirmed something else.

Someone had requested copies of Rachel’s payroll statements six days earlier.

The request had come from an email address created to resemble hers.

Only one letter was different.

Rachel felt nauseated.

Brandon had prepared this.

This wasn’t simply a pan!cked decision made during a