the situation was urgent.
Another accused me of creating a “family emergency.”
Then came a message saying Chloe was crying.
But the sixth message was the one that revealed everything.
We had plans for that money.
I stared at the sentence.
Not your money.
Not Olivia’s money.
Just that money.
As though my $3.2 million had simply been sitting there waiting for the rest of the family to decide what to do with it.
At 9:26, Mom called using Dad’s phone.
I answered.
“Olivia,” she said immediately, “you