Instead, I found it.
Taped to the fridge.
Not groceries.
Not hospital notes.
An invoice.
“Itemized Costs of Caring for You — Please Reimburse ASAP.”
Line by line, my blood ran cold:
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Driving you to hospital: $120
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Helping you shower: $75/day
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Cooking meals: $50 each
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Missed poker night: $300
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Emotional support: $500
At the bottom, circled in red:
TOTAL DUE: $2,105
My legs nearly gave out.
Who does this to their wife after major surgery?
That night, something inside me hardened.
If he wanted to play accountant with my pain, I’d show him what real accounting looked like.
For three weeks, I kept my own ledger.
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Dinners cooked, even while healing: $80 each.
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Laundry folded: $15 a shirt.
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Listening to him complain about work