Chapter 2: The Relay
The bills told a story my parents never intended me to see.
The utilities were normal.
Groceries were reasonable.
But two line items stopped me cold.
A monthly payment to a storage facility I had never heard of.
And a recurring transfer — every single month — to Kevin's personal account.
Labeled "household support."
My parents had been forwarding part of my money directly to Kevin.
While telling me he had nothing.
I sat in that hotel room until 2 a.m.
doing the math.
Over three years, more than forty thousand dollars I had sent home had quietly passed through to my brother.
The brother who owed me fourteen months of truck payments.
The brother whose wedding I was supposed to fund.
I called Melissa.
"They've been running it like a relay," I said.
"I send it to them.
They send it to him."
She went quiet for a moment.
"Dani.
Does Kevin's fiancée know any of this?"
I hadn't thought about her once.
Her name was Amber.
We had met twice.
She seemed decent.
Quiet.
Nothing like Kevin.
I pulled up her number.
My thumb hovered over it for a long time.
Then my phone lit up with an incoming call.
It wasn't Kevin.
It wasn't Dad.
It was Amber.
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What did Amber know — and why was she calling Dani at 2 a.m.?
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