Tyler noticed it immediately and asked what the documents were supposed to mean. I answered that it was the information he had refused to review with me for several weeks even though I had asked repeatedly.
Brittany let out a short laugh and rolled her eyes. “Are you really going to lecture us now?”
Instead of replying I lifted the first sheet and slid it across the table so they could read it themselves. The page showed a charge of fourteen hundred dollars at a clothing boutique followed by another bill from an expensive steakhouse and three separate cash withdrawals from machines I had never visited in my life.
Tyler stared at the numbers silently for a few seconds before speaking in a lower voice. “I did not make those.”
Brittany crossed her arms defensively and shrugged. “Those are normal household expenses and you told us we could use the card.”
“I said you could use it for emergencies and that you needed to tell me first,” I replied.
At that exact moment the doorbell rang once and then rang again with insistence that suggested the person outside had no intention of leaving. I turned toward the hallway and spoke calmly before anyone else could raise their voices again.