Over the next few days, I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to the story. I spent evenings poring over our financial records, matching receipts against the statement, trying to piece together the puzzle my wife had handed me.
One evening, after she had gone to bed, I sat at the dining table with my laptop open, the glow of the screen the only light in the room. I logged into our budgeting app, scanning through months of expenses. The charges to Green Path Consulting were the only outliers.
The app showed our spending trends, savings goals, and regular expenses. Everything was accounted for except those mysterious charges.
Curiosity gnawed at me. I opened a new tab, typing “Green Path Consulting” into a search engine. The results were sparse, mostly business directories with little information.
There was one link, a local business listing with a phone number. I hesitated, my finger hovering over the call button. Did I really want to know what this was?
The decision was made for me when my phone buzzed, a text message alerting me to a new email. It was from my wife, the subject line reading “For Your Eyes Only.”
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