Five Years Of Waiting, A Betrayal Coming Home

Synopsis

My mother-in-law Mavis's phone was sitting on the table, unlocked. I only meant to help her check a tracking number for her package. She was busy washing dishes in the kitchen, and her phone was left on the coffee table, with its screen still lit up. I spotted a transfer record on Mavis's phone. She had transferred $2,000 to someone. The recipient was someone I'd never even heard of. I scrolled up a bit. Last month, $2,000. The month before that, $2,000. And the month before, still $2,000. Mavis transferred $2,000 to that person every 15th of the month, like clockwork. It was the exact same day I sent Mavis her monthly living expenses. Same amount, too. My finger hovered over the most recent transaction. In the notes section, it read: baby formula. My husband, David Jones, and I had been together for five years now, but we had no kids.