Then she whispered, “I thought I could double the money.”
Mom covered her mouth.
Khloe began crying.
“Tyler told me the business was about to take off. He said if I invested enough, I could pay everything back before anyone noticed.”
I stared at her.
“You knew that money was for Mom and Dad’s house.”
“I know.”
“And you lied to me every month.”
She nodded.
Tears rolled down her cheeks.
Then she admitted something worse.
“I also signed Dad’s name on a loan application.”
Dad went perfectly still.
“What?”
“Twenty-five thousand dollars.”
His face drained of color.
“You forged my signature?”
She started sobbing.
“I thought I could fix everything!”
But there was nothing left to fix with another promise.
The situation had become serious enough that we’d already sought legal advice and reported the suspected fraud.
And when police arrived to question those involved, Tyler’s confidence began to
