By midnight, all sixteen support arrangements had been canceled or marked for termination under their applicable terms.
At 7:43 the following morning, my phone began ringing.
Brandon.
Seven missed calls.
Then a desperate message.
MOM, WHAT DID YOU DO? MY CARD WAS DECLINED!
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He had no idea his problems were only beginning.
My name is Evelyn Carter. I’m sixty-nine years old, a widow, and the former co-owner of a manufacturing business outside Columbus, Ohio.
My husband, Thomas, passed away eleven years ago.
We had been married for thirty-seven years.
When we first started our business, we had almost nothing.
Thomas worked long hours repairing industrial equipment while I handled invoices, employee records, and customer accounts.
During the early years, we counted every dollar.
We drove used cars, postponed vacations, and did most household repairs ourselves.
But slowly, the business grew.
Six employees became twelve.
