Romance

Putting A PIN On Love

by Sunny Embrace

To keep my "spending urges" in check, Andrew Cathcart changed the PINs on every bank card in our household."If you need money, just submit a request to me."For anything under 1,000 dollars, send me a text. For anything over 1,000 dollars, write up a proper report. Once it's approved, I'll transfer the money to you."That's what's best for our family's future."I went along with it.For three years, I never touched a single bank card.Then came the third year.At a luxury boutique, I spotted Sasha Reyes, the new assistant Andrew had just hired."Mr. Cathcart, you've given me way too many cards. I keep mixing up the PINs. Next time, can you just change them all to my birthday?"She cooed into the phone while punching in one string of numbers after another, quick and practiced.With just two cards, 150,000 dollars was spent.At that exact moment, my phone lit up with a new message about the request I'd filed for my mother, Wendell Banks.[Request denied.][Reason: A sedated endoscopy costs twice as much as a standard one. This counts as excessive spending.][Your mom can handle it. The 300-dollar one is good enough.]I didn't make a scene, and I didn't demand answers.I just went home and calmly counted the cash in the safe.Thank goodness.This money didn't need a PIN, and it was enough for a divorce. Enough for Mom and me to move abroad, too.

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