performance meant to justify a debt I never agreed to owe. Modern dating red flags don’t always announce themselves in neon. Sometimes they arrive
in a tidy PDF.
Turning to a Trusted Friend
I forwarded the message to Mia with a short note: You have to see this.
Her response came back immediately: This is not normal. Do not reply.
Mia showed the email to Chris. To his credit, he was appalled and wanted to handle it. That afternoon, Eric received an email of his own—an “invoice”styled just as
