At 3:17 A.M., Police Told Me My Husband Was Dead—But He Was Sleeping Beside Me

Habits.

Memories.

So he tried to confuse me too.

If I believed the man beside me might actually be Nicolai, my certainty about nine years of marriage would collapse.

That was psychological strategy.

And it worked.

For days.

PART 26 — THE PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTORS

Investors sued.

The firm placed multiple employees on leave.