“Apex Holdings sent over the full debt settlement contract forty minutes ago,” Rachel said, tapping her pen on the paper.

“Vanessa’s name is on the main lease, and Mark signed as the third-party personal guarantor.”

She took a red felt-tip pen from her desk tray and marked the bottom margin with two sharp, deliberate check marks.

“Under Ohio family law, that’s a clear fraudulent conversion of marital assets,” Rachel said.

“The court credits that forty-two thousand dollars back to your side in full before we even start calculating house equity.”

She got up from the conference table and walked into her smaller private office, motioning for me to bring my notebook.