Hoping to settle the matter quickly, I checked our online banking portal and found a confirmed transaction matching the exact tuition amount sent to her university. I assumed the school made an administrative error and urged her to call them. The next morning, she called in a complete panic, explaining that the registrar traced the funds but found they were applied to an entirely different student. Because of strict privacy regulations, the school refused to name the student. Three days later, the financial mystery escalated into a terrifying crisis when Chloe called me directly from her campus library. She watched in absolute shock as Wayne, the man who claimed he had no time to visit his daughter, walked across her university quad. He was embracing a young man who appeared to be exactly her age. Realizing my husband was living a secret life, I left my office immediately to confront him.
