[ WP ] Your character is in soul-crushing debt . They are losing the will to live . One day , an envelope with more than enough money to pay off what they owe is posted through their door . It comes with a note .

Sharon was done. Done. She was a single mother with two kids and crippling debt. Her husband had left her six months ago, cleaning out their joint account and leaving her with nothing. Her children were both under the age of five, and did n't understand what was going on. 
 
 Sharon worked three jobs just to try to get by. She only had a high school diploma, so she was not able to get any work that was super well-paying. Even working sixty-plus hour weeks, Sharon was still unable to pay for all the rent and food for her herself and her children. Her youngest had had medical problems during the first year of his life, and as a consequence, Sharon was also forced to pay off the exorbitant hospital bills. The cost of living in such a large city was just too much. Her husband, Sam, had always provided for her and the kids, and that was the rationale she used to not pursue a higher education. 
 
 It was too much to take. Her kids were going hungry, and Sharon could n't do anything to help them. Their poor, starving eyes ripped and clawed at Sharon's soul, and broke her heart. She tried so much to make them happy, but it was just not possible. 
 
 Sharon was done. She was at the end of her rope. She had borrowed money from three different payday loan companies, even though she knew that it was a bad idea, because she had to. 
 
 Sharon eventually concluded that the only way out of her situation was to kill herself. She would call Child Protective Services beforehand, to let them know to come pick up her kids, and hoped that they would find a better home than the one they were currently in. It was the only feasible way Sharon could think of the end the suffering of herself and her kids. 
 
 The day before Sharon was going to finally commit her act, she found an envelope taped to her door. Inside was a a check, for an amount more than enough to pay off all of her debt, and still have enough to live off of for years! It was a miracle! 
 
 A note was also enclosed in the envelope. It was from her husband, Sam! The letter explained that Sam and been working overseas on a confidential government mission, and that was the reason why he had inexplicably left and not been able to contact her. The letter apologized profusely for putting Sharon through everything that Sam had put her through, and that not a day had gone by where Sam had not longed to write her and tell her what was going on. 
 
 Sharon's tears stained the letter, and she clutched it to her chest. She had never known exactly what it was that Sam did for a living, only that it was government work, and that it paid very well. 
 
 Letter and check in hand, Sharon left to cash the check that would save her and her family. 
 
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 `` Looks like it was a pretty standard suicide,'' Inspector Grady said, chewing the end of his cigarette. `` Hate to see'em go like that, but at least she had the decency to call CPS and the cops and let everyone know, so that her kids will be taken care of.'' 
 
 A young cop wiped his face and turned to the inspector. `` We found a letter in the victim's hand. It was from her husband. Had some sort of story about how he was a government agent or some shit. We ran a check on the guy, and it turns out he's been living the high life in the Bahamas with his new mistress. When the victim tried to cash the check he sent her, it bounced.''
