“You’ve been lying to everyone,” Dan said, looking at his mother with a quiet intensity.

“Every single one of us.”

“I want to see the physical ledgers,” Dan said.

“The ones you keep in the lockbox in your closet.”

“We are going to your house tonight, and we are going to go through them.”

Juliette’s eyes widened, a flicker of genuine fear passing across her face.

She looked at the screen door, then back at Sarah.

“We are doing no such thing,” Juliette said.

She adjusted the strap of her designer handbag, her knuckles turning white.

“This visit was a mistake,” she said, her voice shaking slightly.

“Sarah, go get your sister and the children.”

“We are leaving.”

Sarah looked confused for a moment, then nodded quickly, clearly eager to escape the kitchen.

“Now, Sarah,” Juliette ordered, her tone sharp.

“Get the bags from the guest rooms.”

“We are not staying another minute in this house.”

She turned to Dan, trying to reclaim her usual haughty demeanor.

“You will regret speaking to me this way, Daniel,” she said.

“When you realize how much I have sacrificed for you.”