When we first married, James had insisted strongly that we combine all our finances into joint accounts “for complete marital transparency and partnership.” At the time, his reasoning had seemed romantic and mature. Now I understood the real motivation.
His plan was devastatingly clear. He would pretend to be living abroad in Toronto for two years. He would withdraw money gradually from our joint account, claiming it was needed for living expenses in expensive Canada. And he would use my inheritance money to finance his new life and his new family with Erica, all while I remained in Mexico City completely unaware of the deception happening just across town.
I would be funding his second life, his other family, his child with another woman, using the money my deceased parents had left to secure my future.
The calculated cruelty of this plan left me breathless.
The Airport Performance
