Then their marriage record, their joint tax filings, and recent messages in which Damon promised Brooke he’d come back once he’d finished “the Cresthaven deal.” Then Brooke’s voice filled the room.

“My name is Brooke Thorne, and Damon Sutton is still my husband.”

Phones came up all over the ballroom. My mother rushed the control table. “Turn it off!”

But another file was already opening. Financial spreadsheets spread across the screens — money moving out of employee retirement accounts, into Damon’s shell companies, then back out to pay for the wedding, Sienna’s diamond necklace, and my parents’ lake house. My father went pale.

Chapter 6 — Choose Your Lies Carefully

Damon recovered fast. “Camille made all of this,” he said, reaching for my name like a shield.

“She’s unstable and bitter because she wasn’t invited.”
That was when the ballroom doors opened, and Brooke walked in beside her attorney and two investigators from the state financial-crimes unit.