Family Finances, Family Lies

ing, my doorbell rang, a series of sharp, impatient presses.

. I opened it to find my brother Leo, his wife Chloe, an

hloe followed, her arms crossed, her eyes scanning my living room

tension. They stood in the middl

asked, his voice loud in the quie

faced them, keeping

o. There is no large sum of

e!" he exploded

y? You live in this nice apartment, you have that new computer on y

lary," I stated calmly. "From the money I earn at m

t was like they wanted me to scream and cry, to con

put in fifty thousand dollars when she retired. You were supposed to put in five hundred a month. It's

over two years, that's forty-eight thousand in expenses. Sixty-two thousand minus forty-eight thousand leaves fourteen

o aggressive. He was presenti

please, let's not shout," she said, her voice trembling slightly. "Sarah has a

hope. Maybe she would be the voice

really does need that car. His job depends on it. You know how important that is. Can't you ju

ke that, th

ar. It wasn't to find the truth or to d

nds was a sham. I was just the bad guy, the obstacle

he wanted to clear up