At 4:15 a.m., the board received the evidence file I had assembled.

At 4:31 a.m., they voted to suspend Daniel pending a forensic review.

At 4:43 a.m., the bank restricted corporate transfers tied to his credentials.

At 5:08 a.m., our legal team issued preservation notices for emails, servers, and financial records.

None of that happened by accident.

It happened because I had stopped hoping he would choose me and started documenting what he had already chosen.

Daniel’s breath caught.