He Stole My Surgery Money

Summary

We had agreed that this morning’s revenue from the market would go directly toward the commercial lease.

I was standing behind the counter, cross-referencing the morning register tapes with the digital merchant portal, when Brett casually glanced at his phone and grimaced.

"Damn it. I completely spaced on switching the payout routing back. The last two weeks of tap-to-pay deposits went straight into Melanie’s checking account."

A cold, sickening prickle ran down the nape of my neck.