A court-appointed financial professional later monitored certain disputed business distributions during the divorce.

Not because the judge wanted to destroy Gabriel.

Because property classification and asset preservation required reliable records.

The company continued operating.

Some contracts were lost.

Most employees kept working.

Good.

They had not cheated on me.

PART 43 — THE APARTMENT

Bianca’s downtown apartment had been partly funded through payments traceable to accounts under Gabriel’s control.