My husband str:uck my mother twice right in front of me and demanded, “Either she leaves tonight or our marriage is over.”

mother.

I pulled out my phone and called Liam directly.

“Did Brandon know you had that $10,500 on Tuesday afternoon?”

Liam sounded confused.

“Of course he knew. He gave me the cash himself Sunday morning.”

My legs suddenly went weak.

I had to sit down on the lobby bench.

Brandon had never forgotten where the money was.

He knew exactly where it had gone.

He knew with absolute certainty that my mother had not taken a single dollar from his desk.

And he accused her anyway.

He humiliated her.