[JustinRunyon]

I married in October 2002. In February 2003, we gave birth to our beautiful daughter. At the time, we were living in a nice apartment and my husband’s best friend was our room-mate. Bills were not over kill, so I was able to enjoy my one year maternity leave without too much stress regarding money. It seemed strange to me at the time that sometimes my husband was short some cash when it came time to pay a bill. After all, he was making over twenty dollars an hour, but it just never clicked with me. I never saw any signs. In August of 2003, our lease ended for our apartment. Our room-mate had plans to move back in with his father for awhile and we decided to move in with my in-laws so that I could return to college.

I began working part-time as a pharmacy assistant while I was in school and my husband continued to work his brick laying job. I had not been involved in the money he earned and really began to become curious about where money was seemingly going missing, so, we decided to open a joint account about a week before our one year anniversary. For our anniversary gift, his parents purchased us a night in the Sheraton hotel in Toronto. We spent the evening in romance. My husband purchased me this glorious Italian crystal necklace and I gave him a watch engraved with our initials and the date of our anniversary. We dined in luxury, sipped on wine, laughed, shared our dreams, and shared our love for each other upon return to our suite. It felt good to reconnect again and remember why we married each other in the first place. The last year had been hectic with work, school, residing with the in-laws and raising our new baby. I returned home to our child feeling fresh and revived and closer to my husband then ever.The crash came about two days later. I was at work and my little woman friend came into town. Thank goodness for working at the pharmacy. The necessities were easily available. I swiped the card, entered my pin, and waited for the approval. “Insufficient funds”, my boss said. “Would you like me to try again”? “Yes please, that just doesn’t make sense”. So again I went through the debit procedures and again the same message. My face was flushed. “There has to be some mistake, I have plenty of money in there”. I walked to the phone and dialed the number to customer service. I proceeded to explain to the lady what was occurring. “There were two empty envelopes deposited through an instant teller for a total amount of $2500”, she told me. “No, that’s

 

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[dunc]

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