My wife severed our marriage through an email while I was serving overseas…

That evening I drove to our neighborhood again, parked down the street from our house. Jeremy’s truck was back, must have gotten it out of impound. Becky’s car was gone.

My phone buzzed. Text from Becky. We need to talk in person.

Meet me at Riverfront Park tomorrow. Kale patamoni. I showed the text to James over breakfast the next day.

Don’t go, he advised. Nothing good can come from talking to her right now. I won’t, I said.

But I want to know what she’s doing today while she thinks I’m meeting her. We drove to our house at 9.30 a.m., parked across the street. At 9.45, Becky came out, got in her car, and drove away, heading toward Riverfront Park.

Now what? James asked. Now we wait, I said. 20 minutes later, a car pulled up.

Real estate agent’s logo on the door. Daniel Spencer. Jeremy came out to greet him.

They talked in the driveway, then went inside. Should we follow them? James asked. I shook my head.

No need. I installed security cameras last year, interior and exterior. They upload to cloud storage.

James smiled. You didn’t mention that before. Never came up, I said, pulling out my phone.

I opened the security app and angled the screen so James could see. Spencer and Jeremy were in our living room. Spencer was taking photos.

Jeremy was pointing at features of the house. I turned up the volume. Should list by the end of the week, Spencer was saying.

I’ve got a buyer interested already. Cash offer, as usual. How much? Jeremy asked.

$4.20? We list at $4.70, they offer $4.20. Everybody’s happy. What about the husband? Becky says he’s causing trouble. Spencer waved dismissively.

Military guys are all the same. They make noise, but they’ve got deployments, responsibilities. He’ll take a settlement to make it go away.

I turned to James. You getting this? He was already recording the feed on his phone. Every word.

I forwarded the security feed access to Agent Patel with a short message. Happening now. 30 minutes later, our house was surrounded by FBI vehicles.

I watched from down the street as agents led Spencer and Jeremy out in handcuffs. My phone rang. Agent Patel.

Got them on tape discussing the fraud scheme, she said. Plus, conspiracy, wire fraud, and attempting to sell property under false pretenses. We’re going to need a formal statement from you…