Investigators found fraud I had not yet reached: duplicate invoices, inflated consulting fees, and forged executive signatures.

The running figure climbed past seventeen million dollars that Daniel would have to answer for in court.

Chloe’s grand romance lasted about as long as their credit cards.

When grand jury subpoenas went out, her attorney submitted a statement saying she had not known the origin of the funds.

Daniel’s attorney answered that Chloe had designed the structure herself.

I read both statements at my kitchen table and felt no satisfaction.

I felt the particular tiredness that comes when two people who planned a future together discover that the future was a shared alibi.