Please forgive me for the silence. I was trying to protect you both.
Something has gone wrong
I glanced up at Lucas.
He nodded gently, encouraging me to keep going.
Your aunt has been taking money from our accounts for years.
Small amounts at first, then larger. Your father and I discovered it eight months ago. We decided not to confront her openly because we knew what she was capable of when cornered.
My throat tightened. I could barely breathe.
I could barely breathe.
So we did the only thing we could. We placed the house, our savings, and a separate account entirely in your name.
Not Lucas's, not shared. Yours.
Because we knew if anything happened to us, she would swoop in with false claims and empty promises.
She would only stay near Lucas if there was money involved.
And once she realized there wasn't, she would leave him alone.
