A few days after the marriage, she found a message from a vendor about an odd phone call. “Someone asked to reroute invoices,” Rachel wrote. “We said no, but…” The sentence trailed. Mia’s chest constricted. She forwarded the note to Daniel with a simple subject line: We need to talk tomorrow.
She began digging for facts. She called vendors, reviewed email headers, and reread contracts. The ledger in her notebook grew. Patterns emerged: names repeated on calls, polite requests made at off hours, and small favors recorded as “family adjustments.” Each line made it clear that she had been the target.