“At 3:15 a.m., I Heard My Son Tell His Wife How to Drain My Account”

“Mom, I’m sorry. I really am. I was desperate and stupid and I’m sorry.”

“I believe you’re sorry you got caught,” I said. “I’m not sure you’re sorry for what you tried to do.”

“Where are we supposed to go?”

“I don’t know, Mark. Where were you planning for me to go after you’d taken everything?”

He didn’t have an answer for that.

I watched them drive away.continue reading …