I confronted him.Turns out, the woman was a financial consultant. The necklace was his late mother’s, and he planned to sell it to help pay off a hidden loan he took years ago—for my mom’s medical bills. He hadn’t told me,

trying to protect me.We cried. Talked. And healed.Now we’re facing our problems together, stronger than before. Funny how a child’s innocent comment nearly broke us—yet ended up saving us.