After A Holiday Dinner Snub, I Chose To Walk Away

looked normal until I saw it:

A request for a credit limit increase on the department store card ending in 4022. The card I’d found on my report—one I’d supposedly closed years ago but they’d fraudulently reactivated.

Request date: today. Requested limit: $15,000. Current status: pending verification.

My blood ran cold. Even after the hallway scene, they continue reading …