Maybe.

Investigators would determine what each person actually did.

No one needed my guess.

PART 28 — CORINNE MOVES INTO A HOTEL INSTEAD

The house was legally mine.

Once Tristan’s attorney understood that, the fantasy of immediately installing Corinne disappeared.

Tristan moved into an extended-stay hotel.

Corinne joined him.

His clothes remained in the house temporarily.

Through attorneys, we arranged a time for him to retrieve personal belongings.