“You canceled our rooms?”
“No. I removed my card.”
“You’re embarrassing my family over money?”
Audrey met his eyes.
For the first time in years, she did not search his face for signs that she had misunderstood him.
“Your family embarrassed me yesterday in a resort I paid for. I’m simply giving everyone the opportunity to fund the vacation they enjoyed so much without me.”
Diane’s voice sharpened.
“After everything we’ve done for you?”
Audrey gave a quiet, almost weary laugh.
“What exactly have you done for me, Diane? Criticized my work? Suggested I’m not feminine enough? Told people my marriage would be happier if I spent less time at the office? Accepted expensive gifts while calling me materialistic?”
Russell stared at the floor.
Brooke folded her arms.
“This is private family business.”
Audrey turned toward her.
“My marriage was private family business too. Yesterday, all of you made it entertainment.”
Trevor lowered his voice.
“Give them the card. We’ll straighten this out when we get home.”
“There is no ‘when we get home.’”
He laughed, but there was no humor in it.
“You’re not ending a marriage because we left you in a lobby for an hour.”
Audrey opened the folder.
“No. I’m ending it because that hour finally made me stop explaining away the previous six years.”
She removed several printed pages.
“Here are transfers to Brooke for her SUV. Payments toward your father’s credit account. Your mother’s dental work. Charges you listed as household expenses. Anniversary costs. Gifts. Vacations. All from my income.”
Diane looked quickly at Trevor.
“What is she talking about?”
Audrey’s eyebrows lifted.
“You didn’t know? The cold, career-obsessed daughter-in-law paid for your dental work, your anniversary trip, and more than one of your shopping weekends.”
For once, Diane had no answer.
Trevor reached toward the folder.
The movement was quick enough that Owen immediately stepped closer and two resort security employees began walking in their direction.
Trevor stopped.
Audrey did not move backward.
“Do not touch my things.”