Carol discovers a shocking sentence on Greg’s legal pad: Rachel does not know the bank has sent a foreclosure notice. Greg stands silently in the kitchen while Rachel reveals she found the notice hidden under his truck seat. She admits he never asked Carol to move in for the children, as he had claimed. Instead, something more troubling lies behind his request, and Greg begs Carol to read the second page before making any decisions.

The second page reveals Greg’s confession. After the plant reduced his hours in June, he concealed the truth from Rachel, borrowed against his truck, and fell five months behind on the mortgage. Hoping to fix everything before anyone discovered his problems, he continued hiding the situation. Eventually, he calculated Carol’s Social Security income and decided that her $750 monthly payment could help save them financially. Rachel had merely repeated his words without knowing the full truth, and.. CONTINUE READING