I Only Heard from My Sister When She Needed Money—One Day, I Found Out What She Was Using It For

Grace thought she knew the pattern — her sister only called when she needed cash. But when a minor detail leads Grace down a trail of digital breadcrumbs, she realizes Samantha might be hiding something far more complicated than debt.

I stared at the text message on my phone longer than I should have: “Hey, sis! Can I borrow $500? I wouldn’t ask if I had another option.”