I called the management office.

“Why am I receiving this?”

The property manager hesitated.

“You’re listed as an interested party.”

“I’m not.”

“According to the purchase file, you may be.”

My stomach tightened.

“What purchase file?”

The next morning, I sat in the HOA office with Arthur beside me.

The manager placed a document on the table.

Deborah’s purchase contract.

I scanned the page.

Buyer: Deborah Whitmore.

Property: Unit 9B.

Then I reached the funding section.

My skin went cold.

The deposit
had not come entirely from Deborah.

Part of it came from a transfer out of an account I recognized.

Our joint household account.

He leaned closer.

His face drained of color.

“That’s impossible.”

It wasn’t.

Eighteen months earlier, shortly after Deborah moved in, twenty-eight thousand dollars had been transferred out.

I remembered the transaction.

Arthur had told me it was related to his mother’s townhouse closing.

I had been slammed at work and trusted him.

Arthur stared at the page.

“I didn’t authorize this.”

The HOA manager cleared his throat.

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