The most crazy reveal ever, follow till the end. — Transcript

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1. 0:00I tapped my subway card on the way out
2. 0:01and accidentally charged the fare to my
3. 0:02wife's linked payment account. I'd
4. 0:04barely stepped out of the station before
5. 0:05two officers shoved me to the ground
6. 0:06telling me I was suspected of embezzling
7. 0:08company funds. They held me in for a
8. 0:10full day of interrogation before I
9. 0:11finally pieced it together. My wife's
10. 0:12male assistant had reported me. He even
11. 0:14called me afterward. "Mr. Fox, I'm the
12. 0:16one who filed the report. Why weren't
13. 0:17you spending your own money? Why did you
14. 0:19charge it to Ms. Henson's account? How
15. 0:20is that any different from stealing? Ms.
16. 0:22Henson earns every cent with blood,
17. 0:23sweat, and tears. That money isn't for
18. 0:25you to blow however you please. Consider
19. 0:26today a lesson. From now on, I will be
20. 0:28managing all of your expenses. Every
21. 0:30single dollar you spend requires a
22. 0:31formal company request submitted to me.
23. 0:33You can only use the money once I
24. 0:34approve it. Oh, and your monthly
25. 0:35spending cap is $70. You've already
26. 0:37spent $69.95 today, so don't even think
27. 0:39about spending another cent this month."
28. 0:41I listened to him, so serious, so
29. 0:42pleased with himself, and laughed. The
30. 0:44kid had been at the company for 6
31. 0:45months. Just because my wife spoke
32. 0:46politely to him, he'd started managing
33. 0:48everything on her behalf, acting like he
34. 0:50was her personal steward, but he had no
35. 0:51idea. The company was mine. Every dollar
36. 0:53in my wife's bank accounts was mine.
37. 0:54Even his salary came out of my pocket.
38. 0:56And his precious Ms. Henson was nothing
39. 0:58more than a Cinderella who'd married up
40. 0:59into my family. Who gave him the right
41. 1:01to manage my family's money on my wife's
42. 1:02behalf? The officers heard every word
43. 1:04Julius Swanson said through the phone,
44. 1:05then looked at my screen showing the
45. 1:06linked payment notification, "Subway
46. 1:08fare, $1.90." Their faces went dark.
47. 1:11They offered me a formal apology and
48. 1:12assured me they would notify my wife's
49. 1:14company about their employee filing a
50. 1:15false police report, but I didn't have
51. 1:17time for any of that. I rushed to the
52. 1:18hospital. My mother had been scheduled
53. 1:19for surgery the previous afternoon.
54. 1:21[clears throat] She needed my signature.
55. 1:22I never expected to get dragged away the
56. 1:23second I stepped off the subway. A full
57. 1:25day and night lost. I didn't dare
58. 1:26imagine how much her condition might
59. 1:27have deteriorated. I burst through the
60. 1:29hospital doors and nearly collided with
61. 1:31the doctors who grabbed me by the arms.
62. 1:32"Hurry, Mr. Fox. Sign now so we can prep
63. 1:34for surgery." I signed as fast as my
64. 1:36hand could move, then ran to the billing
65. 1:37counter. I handed over every bank card
66. 1:39in my wallet. The nurse slid them all
67. 1:40back across the counter. "Mr. Fox,
68. 1:42there's nothing in any of these
69. 1:43accounts." My blood went cold. "That's
70. 1:44impossible. These cards have tens of
71. 1:46millions between them at the very least.
72. 1:48How can there be nothing left?" Julius
73. 1:49Swanson's words from earlier flashed
74. 1:51through my mind and it hit me. He must
75. 1:52have transferred every last cent out of
76. 1:54my accounts. I I out my phone and called
77. 1:56my wife. A few rings, then the line
78. 1:57connected. "Honey, I" but instead of her
79. 1:59voice, Julia Swanson's impatient tone
80. 2:01cut through the speaker. "Mr. Fox, are
81. 2:03you serious right now? Give it a rest.
82. 2:05So, your spending got restricted. Is
83. 2:06that really worth running to tattle
84. 2:07about? Let me save you the trouble.
85. 2:09Complaining won't change anything. Ms.
86. 2:10Henson personally told me to rein you
87. 2:11in." I swallowed the anger clawing up my
88. 2:13throat. There was no time to argue with
89. 2:15him. I got straight to the point. "I'm
90. 2:16at the hospital. I need money. Transfer
91. 2:18my funds back now, or put my wife on the
92. 2:20phone. I need to speak with her." His
93. 2:21voice came back through the line,
94. 2:22dripping with self-importance. "Ms.
95. 2:24Henson is busy. She doesn't have time
96. 2:25for your little problems. She's given me
97. 2:27full authority to handle this. You need
98. 2:28money? Sure. Do what I told you. Submit
99. 2:30a formal company request. Once I approve
100. 2:32it, the funds will be released. Oh, and
101. 2:34just a reminder, you've got exactly $1
102. 2:35left in your monthly allowance. Don't
103. 2:37bother requesting more than that."