Her eyes moved down the column of wire transfers and stopped at the forty-one-thousand-two-hundred-dollar debit to Mercer Ridge LLC.

“This transfer was made two days after you mentioned your second-trimester ultrasound,” Chloe said.

“Why hide forty-one thousand dollars in a shell company?”

“Julian wants to claim corporate insolvency,” I said.

“He’s hiding marital assets before he files for divorce so the court will declare me destitute.”

Chloe looked up from the paper, her thumb resting on the margin.

“Under state tax law, moving foundation money into a private LLC to fake personal insolvency isn’t just marital fraud.

It’s felony grand larceny.”