My husband proposed that my friend and I swap husbands for a week — I thought he was joking until I discovered she was actually willing to do it, so I agreed and decided to teach them both a lesson

He lowered his voice.

“Move, Vanessa.”

I didn’t.

Rachel placed a small digital recorder on the table.

“I also have a recording of a meeting in which Sean discussed falsifying an expense report. I have not determined whether it can legally be used as evidence, and I’m not going to pretend it proves everything. But it may help the appropriate investigators understand what happened.”

Sean stared at it.

“You recorded me?”

“I documented a conversation in which you asked me to do something I believed was improper.”

He looked at me.

“You planned all of this.”

I shook my head.

“No. You planned something, and I finally decided to find out what it was.”
For several seconds, nobody moved.

Then Alex asked the question that changed everything.

“Nancy, did you know about the $240,000 loan?”

She opened her mouth.

Sean answered for her.

“She knew there was financing. She didn’t know the details.”