There were two additional payments to the same clinic within the same month.
Then I noticed several transfers to another account, each labeled as a consulting expense.
Tony had always explained those transactions as work-related payments.
But the timing now made me suspicious.
I called the clinic and asked whether they could identify the patient connected to the payment.
The receptionist politely explained that patient information was confidential.
After hanging up, I sat at the kitchen table and studied the records again.
For years, Tony had insisted that we needed to be more financially prepared before having children.
Yet he had been sending money somewhere I knew nothing about.
I called him.
“Tony, I need you to come home early.”
“I can’t, Jen. I’ve got a meeting.”
“Then I’ll come to your office.”
There was a pause.
“Why?”
“Because we need to discuss the pediatric clinic.”
Silence.
