But he soon realized that although he had two and a half years to save for the trip, he wouldn’t have enough, so he increased the deposit to $150. “This went on for a while before my wife noticed that there seemed to be money from my paycheck unaccounted for,” Mr. Shahin said. So his wife, Martha Shahin, knew how much he was paid and how much was deducted. She began asking to see his pay stub, but Mr. Shahin always had an excuse — he didn’t know where it was, he must have left it at work. Mr. Shahin, now 66, finally confessed that he was depositing money into a secret travel fund.

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Persons: Ric Shahin, ” Mr, Shahin, Martha Shahin, Ms Locations: Midland, Mich