Paying His Ex-Wife's Mortgage

Synopsis

My bank account was missing 1.3 thousand dollars. I stared at my phone screen and refreshed it again. Sure enough, every month on the 15th, there was an automatic deduction. I didn't recognize the recipient. I checked last month's statement. The deduction was there, too. I looked back even further, and it was the same thing. I stopped scrolling. My fingers felt a little numb. In the kitchen, my husband, Andrew Barton, was cooking. The sound of the spatula hitting the pan echoed through the room. Just yesterday, he'd said, "If we keep saving, next year we'll definitely buy a house." I slapped my phone down on the table, screen facing down.